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Meanings of libidinous in English

Driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires.

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Having sexual lust.

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Examples for "salacious"
Examples for "salacious"
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Thus far the reaction been far less salacious than one might expect.
Wired
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January tends to be the most salacious month for the Zondo Commission.
The South African
3
The dignitaries are about done with salacious testimony and dramatic revelations, though.
The South African
4
Inside it's all cushions and a salacious selection of sweets and shakes.
The Irish Times
5
I didn't find anything in there that was morally gross or salacious.
Dead ever after
1
But you also have to deal with whiny kids and lecherous adults.
News.com.au
2
For Marion, Paris is a nest of racist and lecherous taxi drivers.
The Guardian
3
He steepled his fingers and pinioned her with a deliberately lecherous gaze.
The viking takes a knight
4
The script was male-defined, and its subtext malign envy and lecherous resentment.
The Guardian
5
If he was old and lecherous, she might say to him, Warm?
Memoirs of a geisha: a novel
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All right, concupiscent thought, deliberately entertained.
A Canticle For Leibowitz
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Meanwhile, Daniel's every waking moment is spent in a state of concupiscent readiness should a passing woman need rogering.
The Guardian
3
Mr. Edwards was not a concupiscent man, and besides he never mixed his professional life with his private pleasures.
East of eden
4
He said that our sensitive appetite was divided into two parts: the concupiscent and the irascible....
The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales
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This king, free will, will dwell in the highest town in the kingdom-thatis to say, in the concupiscent faculty of the soul.
Light, Life, and Love: Selections from the German Mystics of the...
Usage of libidinous in English
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She hadn't thought libidinous acts were of the slightest interest to Colonel Leek.
The crimson petal and the white
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Learning made libidinous: one who reads Catullus and profits by it.
Devereux — Complete
3
Now we see that the loves of all these writers were entirely libidinous.
Cicero's Tusculan Disputations / Also, Treatises On The Nature O...
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Gentle wrestled with this notion, questions biological, philosophical, and libidinous filling his head.
Imajica: Complete Edition
5
Rachel cursed at herself for allowing such a libidinous thought into her brain.
A fare to remember: just whistle\driven to distraction\taken for...
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Finney had provided links to what I assumed were sources for his libidinous fare.
Devil Bones
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Every part is pregnant with libidinous nature without one spark of the grace of Heaven.
Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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He kills to satisfy his libidinous desires, which can't be satisfied in the normal way.
The monster of florence
9
The rise of mixed bathing and the sexualisation of public culture added a further libidinous frisson.
The Guardian
10
Gone are the tawdry trappings of "Flavor of Love" and its innumerable libidinous offspring.
Reuters
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They frequently become intoxicated, and are very libidinous.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 04 of 55 / 1576-1582 ...
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At one point, he has sex with Maude, the Big Lebowski's libidinous and artistically rebellious daughter.
The Philosophy of the Coen Brothers
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Rated PG35 for lecentious wit and libidinous cohabitation.
Four to score
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That Greek heaven was heartless, libidinous, and cold.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 / A Magaz...
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I'm ridiculously libidinous. His hands curled around her rib cage, cuddling her even closer to him.
Foul play
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The then Prince of Wales, a once and briefly future king, was a charming, libidinous idiot.
The Guardian
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