Definition of licentious in English:

licentious

adjective lʌɪˈsɛnʃəslaɪˈsɛnʃəs

1Promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.
乱交的，淫乱的
the ruler's tyrannical and licentious behaviour
unlike many of the artists who frequented the Soho scene of the 1960s, he did not lead a licentious life
Example sentencesExamples
- He censures the licentious behavior which the picaro's freedom implies and from which the hero could abstain through his free will.
- His popularity was apparent early at Eton, where he was given the nickname Buck, which, as the author points out, was a common term for ‘sexually licentious Londoners’.
- All the accused men were well known for their licentious behaviour and for this reason possibly became easy targets for incrimination.
- The example of harmonious and industrious living set by the missionaries was continually undermined by the licentious behaviour of visiting European traders.
- This process is naturally the opposite of that employed by the forgetful Don Juan, the master figure of our sexually licentious age.
- World famous, he is also a great womanizer, acknowledged as such by his colleagues, wife, and friends who themselves enjoy an entertainingly licentious social and sexual life.
- Civic fathers, fearing for the virtue of their daughters and the sobriety of their sons, lamented the corrupting presence of the ‘drunken and licentious soldiery’.
- And they are very far from any thought that their licentious groupings would provide an avenue for the emergence of a patriarch with a retinue of teen-wives.
- Martin Luther, in guiding the 16 th-century church back to the apostolic teaching of salvation by grace through faith active in love, was aware that the gospel of grace is so freeing that it might become an excuse for licentious behavior.
- Brutal, licentious, violent and debauched as it was, however, ancient Rome is relevant still.
- Take the measure of any season - none of them turns up more coconut oil, string bikinis and licentious behavior than summer.
- That does not mean there should be no sanction for misbehaviour or licentious behaviour.
- The poet Philip Larkin noted that sexual intercourse began in 1963, but a long suppressed study has shown that Britain indulged in licentious behaviour long before the dawn of the permissive society, writes Tom Baird.
- Though in his youth he had been much addicted to intemperance and licentious pleasures, after he had ranked himself among philosophers he was never known to violate the laws of sobriety or chastity.
- Track down that effeminate foreigner who plagues our women with this new disease, and fouls the whole land with licentious lechery.
- However, the libidinous cad may find many pleasures in the licentious glance along the pew.
- But the worshippers and admirers of these gods delight in imitating their scandalous iniquities, and are nowise concerned that the republic be less depraved and licentious.
- He used the stock characters of traditional Italian comedy, but cleaned up their characteristic ridiculous licentious behaviour in an attempt to introduce a higher moral tone.
- The extravagant lifestyle and licentious ways of some of them became the subject matter of book and films.
- I myself visited a striptease establishment in the early 1970s and found the experience detumescent and soporific rather than conducive to licentious behaviour.
Synonyms
dissolute, dissipated, debauched, degenerate, salacious, immoral, wanton, decadent, depraved, profligate, impure, sinful, wicked, corrupt, indecent, libertine
lustful, lecherous, lascivious, libidinous, prurient, lubricious, lewd, promiscuous, unchaste, carnal, fleshly, intemperate, abandoned
ribald, risqué, smutty, dirty, filthy, coarse, perverted
informal horny, raunchy, naughty, pervy
British informal randy
rare concupiscent, lickerish
2archaic Disregarding accepted conventions, especially in grammar or literary style.
〈古〉不守常规的，（尤指在语法和写作风格上）不受常规约束的
Example sentencesExamples
- In Paris it was welcomed by a public with a strong appetite for the irreverent and licentious in literature, and probably for subversive ideas of any kind in philosophy and theology.

Derivatives

licentiously

adverb lʌɪˈsɛnʃəslilaɪˈsɛnʃəsli

Several runners advanced across the field towards the keep, and he grinned licentiously.
Example sentencesExamples
- In it the hero Oliver laments: ‘Wouldn't it have been really better to live like Mario, not socially labelled, not insured or predestined, but irresponsibly, even licentiously, within the limits of kindness and honour?’
- Perhaps no creature makes a better role model than these spotted animals, licentiously advertising their lust and hunger in wild howls and mad scratchings.

licentiousness

noun lʌɪˈsɛnʃəsnəslaɪˈsɛnʃəsnəs

Default, unearned respect for culture breeds a decadent cultural licentiousness in which any amount of pretentious nonsense is encouraged and propagated.
Example sentencesExamples
- The drink merely lubricated the licentiousness.
- Conversely, if this authority and example do not emanate from the top ranks of society, corruption and licentiousness of the sort traditionally associated with a diseased aristocracy will infect the entire social body.
- In Galatians 5: 19-21 the list is headed by sexual immorality, impurity, licentiousness, and idolatry.
- Tiberius distinguished his reign by great indolence, excessive cruelty, unprincipled avarice, and abandoned licentiousness.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin licentiosus, from licentia 'freedom'.

Rhymes

conscientious, contentious, pretentious, sententious, tendentious

Definition of licentious in US English:

licentious

adjectivelīˈsenSHəslaɪˈsɛnʃəs

1Promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.
乱交的，淫乱的
the ruler's tyrannical and licentious behavior
unlike many of the artists who frequented the Soho scene of the 1960s, he did not lead a licentious life
Example sentencesExamples
- The poet Philip Larkin noted that sexual intercourse began in 1963, but a long suppressed study has shown that Britain indulged in licentious behaviour long before the dawn of the permissive society, writes Tom Baird.
- I myself visited a striptease establishment in the early 1970s and found the experience detumescent and soporific rather than conducive to licentious behaviour.
- Though in his youth he had been much addicted to intemperance and licentious pleasures, after he had ranked himself among philosophers he was never known to violate the laws of sobriety or chastity.
- The extravagant lifestyle and licentious ways of some of them became the subject matter of book and films.
- Martin Luther, in guiding the 16 th-century church back to the apostolic teaching of salvation by grace through faith active in love, was aware that the gospel of grace is so freeing that it might become an excuse for licentious behavior.
- Take the measure of any season - none of them turns up more coconut oil, string bikinis and licentious behavior than summer.
- The example of harmonious and industrious living set by the missionaries was continually undermined by the licentious behaviour of visiting European traders.
- This process is naturally the opposite of that employed by the forgetful Don Juan, the master figure of our sexually licentious age.
- And they are very far from any thought that their licentious groupings would provide an avenue for the emergence of a patriarch with a retinue of teen-wives.
- But the worshippers and admirers of these gods delight in imitating their scandalous iniquities, and are nowise concerned that the republic be less depraved and licentious.
- However, the libidinous cad may find many pleasures in the licentious glance along the pew.
- World famous, he is also a great womanizer, acknowledged as such by his colleagues, wife, and friends who themselves enjoy an entertainingly licentious social and sexual life.
- He censures the licentious behavior which the picaro's freedom implies and from which the hero could abstain through his free will.
- Brutal, licentious, violent and debauched as it was, however, ancient Rome is relevant still.
- All the accused men were well known for their licentious behaviour and for this reason possibly became easy targets for incrimination.
- Track down that effeminate foreigner who plagues our women with this new disease, and fouls the whole land with licentious lechery.
- His popularity was apparent early at Eton, where he was given the nickname Buck, which, as the author points out, was a common term for ‘sexually licentious Londoners’.
- He used the stock characters of traditional Italian comedy, but cleaned up their characteristic ridiculous licentious behaviour in an attempt to introduce a higher moral tone.
- Civic fathers, fearing for the virtue of their daughters and the sobriety of their sons, lamented the corrupting presence of the ‘drunken and licentious soldiery’.
- That does not mean there should be no sanction for misbehaviour or licentious behaviour.
Synonyms
dissolute, dissipated, debauched, degenerate, salacious, immoral, wanton, decadent, depraved, profligate, impure, sinful, wicked, corrupt, indecent, libertine
2archaic Disregarding accepted rules or conventions, especially in grammar or literary style.
〈古〉不守常规的，（尤指在语法和写作风格上）不受常规约束的
Example sentencesExamples
- In Paris it was welcomed by a public with a strong appetite for the irreverent and licentious in literature, and probably for subversive ideas of any kind in philosophy and theology.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin licentiosus, from licentia ‘freedom’.

单词	licentious
释义	Definition of licentious in English: licentious adjective lʌɪˈsɛnʃəslaɪˈsɛnʃəs 1Promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters. 乱交的，淫乱的 the ruler's tyrannical and licentious behaviour unlike many of the artists who frequented the Soho scene of the 1960s, he did not lead a licentious life Example sentencesExamples He censures the licentious behavior which the picaro's freedom implies and from which the hero could abstain through his free will. His popularity was apparent early at Eton, where he was given the nickname Buck, which, as the author points out, was a common term for ‘sexually licentious Londoners’. All the accused men were well known for their licentious behaviour and for this reason possibly became easy targets for incrimination. The example of harmonious and industrious living set by the missionaries was continually undermined by the licentious behaviour of visiting European traders. This process is naturally the opposite of that employed by the forgetful Don Juan, the master figure of our sexually licentious age. World famous, he is also a great womanizer, acknowledged as such by his colleagues, wife, and friends who themselves enjoy an entertainingly licentious social and sexual life. Civic fathers, fearing for the virtue of their daughters and the sobriety of their sons, lamented the corrupting presence of the ‘drunken and licentious soldiery’. And they are very far from any thought that their licentious groupings would provide an avenue for the emergence of a patriarch with a retinue of teen-wives. Martin Luther, in guiding the 16 th-century church back to the apostolic teaching of salvation by grace through faith active in love, was aware that the gospel of grace is so freeing that it might become an excuse for licentious behavior. Brutal, licentious, violent and debauched as it was, however, ancient Rome is relevant still. Take the measure of any season - none of them turns up more coconut oil, string bikinis and licentious behavior than summer. That does not mean there should be no sanction for misbehaviour or licentious behaviour. The poet Philip Larkin noted that sexual intercourse began in 1963, but a long suppressed study has shown that Britain indulged in licentious behaviour long before the dawn of the permissive society, writes Tom Baird. Though in his youth he had been much addicted to intemperance and licentious pleasures, after he had ranked himself among philosophers he was never known to violate the laws of sobriety or chastity. Track down that effeminate foreigner who plagues our women with this new disease, and fouls the whole land with licentious lechery. However, the libidinous cad may find many pleasures in the licentious glance along the pew. But the worshippers and admirers of these gods delight in imitating their scandalous iniquities, and are nowise concerned that the republic be less depraved and licentious. He used the stock characters of traditional Italian comedy, but cleaned up their characteristic ridiculous licentious behaviour in an attempt to introduce a higher moral tone. The extravagant lifestyle and licentious ways of some of them became the subject matter of book and films. I myself visited a striptease establishment in the early 1970s and found the experience detumescent and soporific rather than conducive to licentious behaviour. Synonyms dissolute, dissipated, debauched, degenerate, salacious, immoral, wanton, decadent, depraved, profligate, impure, sinful, wicked, corrupt, indecent, libertine lustful, lecherous, lascivious, libidinous, prurient, lubricious, lewd, promiscuous, unchaste, carnal, fleshly, intemperate, abandoned ribald, risqué, smutty, dirty, filthy, coarse, perverted informal horny, raunchy, naughty, pervy British informal randy rare concupiscent, lickerish 2archaic Disregarding accepted conventions, especially in grammar or literary style. 〈古〉不守常规的，（尤指在语法和写作风格上）不受常规约束的 Example sentencesExamples In Paris it was welcomed by a public with a strong appetite for the irreverent and licentious in literature, and probably for subversive ideas of any kind in philosophy and theology. Derivatives licentiously adverb lʌɪˈsɛnʃəslilaɪˈsɛnʃəsli Several runners advanced across the field towards the keep, and he grinned licentiously. Example sentencesExamples In it the hero Oliver laments: ‘Wouldn't it have been really better to live like Mario, not socially labelled, not insured or predestined, but irresponsibly, even licentiously, within the limits of kindness and honour?’ Perhaps no creature makes a better role model than these spotted animals, licentiously advertising their lust and hunger in wild howls and mad scratchings. licentiousness noun lʌɪˈsɛnʃəsnəslaɪˈsɛnʃəsnəs Default, unearned respect for culture breeds a decadent cultural licentiousness in which any amount of pretentious nonsense is encouraged and propagated. Example sentencesExamples The drink merely lubricated the licentiousness. Conversely, if this authority and example do not emanate from the top ranks of society, corruption and licentiousness of the sort traditionally associated with a diseased aristocracy will infect the entire social body. In Galatians 5: 19-21 the list is headed by sexual immorality, impurity, licentiousness, and idolatry. Tiberius distinguished his reign by great indolence, excessive cruelty, unprincipled avarice, and abandoned licentiousness. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin licentiosus, from licentia 'freedom'. Rhymes conscientious, contentious, pretentious, sententious, tendentious Definition of licentious in US English: licentious adjectivelīˈsenSHəslaɪˈsɛnʃəs 1Promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters. 乱交的，淫乱的 the ruler's tyrannical and licentious behavior unlike many of the artists who frequented the Soho scene of the 1960s, he did not lead a licentious life Example sentencesExamples The poet Philip Larkin noted that sexual intercourse began in 1963, but a long suppressed study has shown that Britain indulged in licentious behaviour long before the dawn of the permissive society, writes Tom Baird. I myself visited a striptease establishment in the early 1970s and found the experience detumescent and soporific rather than conducive to licentious behaviour. Though in his youth he had been much addicted to intemperance and licentious pleasures, after he had ranked himself among philosophers he was never known to violate the laws of sobriety or chastity. The extravagant lifestyle and licentious ways of some of them became the subject matter of book and films. Martin Luther, in guiding the 16 th-century church back to the apostolic teaching of salvation by grace through faith active in love, was aware that the gospel of grace is so freeing that it might become an excuse for licentious behavior. Take the measure of any season - none of them turns up more coconut oil, string bikinis and licentious behavior than summer. The example of harmonious and industrious living set by the missionaries was continually undermined by the licentious behaviour of visiting European traders. This process is naturally the opposite of that employed by the forgetful Don Juan, the master figure of our sexually licentious age. And they are very far from any thought that their licentious groupings would provide an avenue for the emergence of a patriarch with a retinue of teen-wives. But the worshippers and admirers of these gods delight in imitating their scandalous iniquities, and are nowise concerned that the republic be less depraved and licentious. However, the libidinous cad may find many pleasures in the licentious glance along the pew. World famous, he is also a great womanizer, acknowledged as such by his colleagues, wife, and friends who themselves enjoy an entertainingly licentious social and sexual life. He censures the licentious behavior which the picaro's freedom implies and from which the hero could abstain through his free will. Brutal, licentious, violent and debauched as it was, however, ancient Rome is relevant still. All the accused men were well known for their licentious behaviour and for this reason possibly became easy targets for incrimination. Track down that effeminate foreigner who plagues our women with this new disease, and fouls the whole land with licentious lechery. His popularity was apparent early at Eton, where he was given the nickname Buck, which, as the author points out, was a common term for ‘sexually licentious Londoners’. He used the stock characters of traditional Italian comedy, but cleaned up their characteristic ridiculous licentious behaviour in an attempt to introduce a higher moral tone. Civic fathers, fearing for the virtue of their daughters and the sobriety of their sons, lamented the corrupting presence of the ‘drunken and licentious soldiery’. That does not mean there should be no sanction for misbehaviour or licentious behaviour. Synonyms dissolute, dissipated, debauched, degenerate, salacious, immoral, wanton, decadent, depraved, profligate, impure, sinful, wicked, corrupt, indecent, libertine 2archaic Disregarding accepted rules or conventions, especially in grammar or literary style. 〈古〉不守常规的，（尤指在语法和写作风格上）不受常规约束的 Example sentencesExamples In Paris it was welcomed by a public with a strong appetite for the irreverent and licentious in literature, and probably for subversive ideas of any kind in philosophy and theology. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin licentiosus, from licentia ‘freedom’.
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