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Meanings of lasciviousness in English

Portuguese
lasciva
Catalan
carnalitat
Spanish
carnalidad

Feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness.

lasciva
Usage of lasciviousness in English
1
For a moment her illusory lasciviousness vanished, and her genuine personality slipped through.
Wicked lovely
2
This were indeed to turn the grace of God into lasciviousness.
Christ: The Way, the Truth, and the Life
3
Many fall off from covetousness to pride and lasciviousness: take heed of this.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02
4
Secondly, he warns them of the fearful danger of depravity, pride, and lasciviousness.
The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a...
5
And in how many ways are children destroyed by the lasciviousness of man?
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman / With Strictures on Politi...
6
For never was this grace of Christ so turned into lasciviousness, as now.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02
7
Dost thou mark the delusion and lasciviousness that they allege against their gods?
Barlaam and Ioasaph
8
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament
9
Contemptuous and derisive humor; alloyed, she thought, with more than a trace of lasciviousness.
Changer of Worlds
10
Like Othello, Clemenceau swore that this demon of lasciviousness should betray no more men.
The Son of Clemenceau, A Novel of Modern Love and Life
11
He encouraged, countenanced, and promoted lasciviousness, and all ungodliness there.
The Holy War, Made by King Shaddai Upon Diabolus, for the Regain...
12
But how did the children of such a sexually reserved culture become ambassadors of lasciviousness?
Ebony
13
What economic theory can account for lasciviousness and prudery?
The new yorker
14
Thanks to his single-minded lasciviousness, there was now no convenient chimney to admit the monkeys.
Fear nothing
15
The statue lapped at him with stupid lasciviousness, and he steeled himself to its affections.
The Scar
16
Perhaps she is indeed selfish and profligate; the betrayer of youth and the agent of lasciviousness.
Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
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Spanish
carnalidad
Lasciviousness through the time