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Meanings of wantonness in inglés

portugués
licenciosidade

The quality of being lewd and lascivious.

        licenciosidade

        The trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry.

              Usage of wantonness in inglés
              1
              He was as infamous in wantonness as Frode was illustrious in war.
              The Danish History, Books I-IX
              2
              Curiosity and wantonness made me escape with him; you know the rest.
              The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 2...
              3
              With the last gleam of day it left the stage to wantonness.
              Trail's End
              4
              Partly for wantonness, partly to vent his spleen upon some living creature.
              The Poor Clare
              5
              Think of my wantonness-mywickedness-notof my poor, tormented attempts at happiness.
              King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays
              6
              This is the very wantonness of cheap goods and an unfettered commerce!
              The Water-Witch; Or, the Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale
              7
              And you, O new made husband, how tumble you now in wantonness!
              The Ten Pleasures of Marriage / and the Second Part, The Confess...
              8
              What insolence and wantonness rather, has he omitted in refusing to come?
              Dio's Rome, Volume 2 / An Historical Narrative Originally Compos...
              9
              Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth and in wantonness.
              The first New Testament printed in English
              10
              So in sheer wantonness of joy we sought relief in bantering one another.
              The Yeoman Adventurer
              11
              No other piece of wantonness equaled it in the tumultuous history of Versailles.
              The Story of Versailles
              12
              This being accomplished they would torture and murder the traders in mere wantonness.
              Christopher Carson, Familiarly Known as Kit Carson
              13
              He devastates his own kingdom in the wantonness of his force.
              The Mirror of the Sea
              14
              The wantonness and sort of rage of it all appalled one.
              My War Experiences in Two Continents
              15
              It was something unusual, and brought out the ingenuity and wantonness of cruelty.
              The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ: A Devotional History of Our...
              16
              Because, in Mother's opinion, foreigners were synonymous with wantonness and debauchery.
              Petals from the sky
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              portugués
              licenciosidade
              Wantonness through the time
              Wantonness across language varieties
              United Kingdom
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