licentious
English
Etymology
From Latin licentiōsus, from licentia (“license, freedom”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laɪˈsɛn.ʃəs/
- Rhymes: -ɛnʃəs
Adjective
licentious (comparative more licentious, superlative most licentious)
- Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.
1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 228:His eyes trailed over her feline pose on the sofa, finding her limbs adorable while he tried exasperatedly to extract the truth of licentious revelations from them.
- Disregarding accepted rules.
Derived terms
Translations
lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
- Afrikaans: losbandig (af)
- Arabic: إِبَاحِيّ (ʔibāḥiyy)
- Armenian: լկտի (hy) (lkti)
- Old Armenian: լկտի (lkti)
- Bulgarian: разпуснат (bg) (razpusnat), разгулен (bg) (razgulen)
- Danish: hæmningsløs, utøjlet, tøjlesløs
- Dutch: wellustig (nl), wulps (nl), licentieus, libertijns (nl), losbandig (nl)
- Finnish: siveetön (fi), rietas (fi), estoton (fi), epäsiveellinen (fi), räävitön (fi), hillitön (fi), irstas (fi)
- French: voluptueux (fr), leste (fr), libertin (fr) m, polisson (fr) m
- Georgian: უზნეო (uzneo)
- German: hemmungslos (de), zügellos (de), unzüchtig (de) (sexually), ausschweifend (de) (loosely)
- Greek: ακόλαστος (el) (akólastos)
- Ancient Greek: ἀσελγής (aselgḗs)
- Hebrew: הוֹלֵל m (holél)
- Hindi: उच्छृंखल m (ucchŕṅkhal), व्यभिचारी (hi) m (vyabhicārī), निर्लज्ज (hi) m (nirlajj), स्वैरचारी (hi) m (svaircārī), लंपट (hi) m (lampaṭ), कामी (hi) m (kāmī), पतित (hi) m (patit), अनैतिक (hi) m (anaitik), मनमाना (hi) m (manmānā), बेलगाम (hi) m (belgām)
- Hungarian: szabados (hu), kicsapongó (hu), ledér (hu)
- Ido: licencema (io), licencoza (io), nechasta (io)
- Irish: ainrianta, drabhlásach
- Italian: licenzioso (it) m, dissoluto (it) m, libertino (it) m, impudico (it) m, lascivo (it) m, boccaccesco (it) m, scostumato (it) m
- Japanese: 猥褻な (ja) (わいせつな, waisetsu na), 如何わしい (ja) (いかがわしい, ikagawashii), 淫逸な (ja) (いんいつな, in'itsu na), 淫乱な (ja) (いんらんな, inran na)
- Korean: 음란하다 (ko) (eumnanhada)
- Latin: licens, licentiosus, intemperāns m, lascīvus m, libīdinōsus m
- Macedonian: блу́ден (blúden)
- Manchu: ᡥᠠᠶᠠᠨ (hayan)
- Norman: dêvèrgondé (Jersey)
- Old Church Slavonic: блѫдьнъ (blǫdĭnŭ)
- Polish: wszeteczny (pl), rozpustny (pl), rozwiązły (pl)
- Portuguese: licencioso (pt) m, libertino (pt) m, devasso (pt) m, impudico (pt) m, lascivo (pt) m, libidinoso (pt) m
- Romanian: licențios (ro)
- Russian: безнра́вственный (ru) (beznrávstvennyj), распу́щенный (ru) (raspúščennyj), развра́тный (ru) (razvrátnyj), блудный (ru) (bludnyj) (dated)
- Sanskrit: उच्छृङ्खल (sa) m (ucchṛṅkhala), व्यभिचारी (sa) m (vyabhicārī), निर्लज्ज (sa) m (nirlajja), स्वैरचारी m (svairacārī), लम्पट (sa) m (lampaṭa), कामी (sa) m (kāmī), पतित (sa) m (patita), अनैतिक m (anaitika)
- Scottish Gaelic: drùiseach
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: preslobodan m, raspušten (sh), ра̏скала̄шан, ра́звратан
- Latin: preslobodan m, raspušten (sh), rȁskalāšan (sh), rázvratan (sh)
- Slovene: razuzdan
- Spanish: licencioso (es), disoluto (es)
- Swedish: lössläppt
- Tagalog: haliparót, malanyâ, talipandás
- Ukrainian: розпусний m (rozpusnyj), розкутий m (rozkutyj), розгульний m (rozhulʹnyj)
- Vietnamese: trai lơ (vi), phong lưu (vi) (archaic)
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disregarding accepted rules
- Armenian:
- Old Armenian: արձակ (arjak)
- Bulgarian: разюздан (bg) (razjuzdan), непокорен (bg) (nepokoren), разхайтен (bg) (razhajten)
- Catalan: llicenciós (ca) m
- Danish: oprørsk, egenrådig
- Dutch: non-conformistisch (nl), vrijgevochten (nl), losbandig (nl)
- Esperanto: senbrida
- Finnish: vallaton (fi), pidäkkeetön (fi), estoton (fi), räävitön (fi), hillitön (fi)
- French: licencieux (fr)
- German: regellos (de), willkürlich (de), unorthodox (de), ungehörig (societal rules), ungebührlich (de) (societal rules), sittenwidrig (de) (societal rules)
- Greek: ελευθέριος (el) (elefthérios)
- Irish: ainrianta
- Italian: licenzioso (it) m
- Japanese: 破格の (はかく-の, hakaku-no)
- Korean: 방자한 (bangjahan)
- Latin: luxurians
- Macedonian: ра́зуздан (rázuzdan)
- Manx: neusmaghtagh
- Portuguese: licencioso (pt) m, atrevido (pt) m, indisciplinado (pt) m, insolente (pt) m or f
- Romanian: licențios (ro)
- Russian: во́льный (ru) (vólʹnyj)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ра̏зузда̄н
- Latin: rȁzuzdān (sh)
- Tagalog: talipandás
- Ukrainian: вільний (uk) m (vilʹnyj)
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See also
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