More Web Proxy on the site http://driver.im/Jump to content

libidinous

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

WOTD – 29 April 2006

Etymology

From Middle English libidinous, borrowed from Latin libīdinōsus.

Pronunciation

Audio (US): (file)
IPA^(key): /lɪˈbɪ.dɪ.nəs/

Adjective

libidinous (comparative more libidinous, superlative most libidinous)

Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness.
- 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms):
  It is observed, that the red haired of both sexes are more libidinous and mischievous than the rest, whom yet they much exceed in strength and activity.

Synonyms

(having lustful desires): hot to trot, lascivious, lewd, licentious, lustful, wanton; See also Thesaurus:randy

Related terms

Translations

having lustful desires

Arabic: شَهْوَانِيّ (šahwāniyy), شَبِق (šabiq), غَلِم (ḡalim)
Bengali: কামাসক্ত (bn) (kamaśokto), কামুক (bn) (kamuk)
Bulgarian: похотлив (bg) (pohotliv)
Catalan: libidinós
Chinese:
Mandarin: 淫蕩／淫荡 (zh) (yíndàng)
Czech: libidózní
Danish: liderlig
Dutch: wellustig (nl)
Finnish: himokas (fi)
French: libidineux (fr)
Galician: libidinoso
German: lüstern (de), obszön (de)
Greek: φιλήδονος (el) (filídonos), ασελγής (el) (aselgís), λιβιδινικός (el) (lividinikós)
Ancient: λάγνος (lágnos)
Hebrew: היצריות
Italian: libidinoso (it)
Japanese: 嫌らしい (ja) (iyarashii), エッチ (ja) (etchi)
Korean: 음탕한 (eumtanghan)
Latin: libīdinōsus
Lithuanian: geidulingas, gašlus
Macedonian: сладостра́стен (sladostrásten), раскалашен (raskalašen)
Maori: tūkari, whakatūkari
Old English: gālfull, gālliċ
Portuguese: libidinoso (pt)
Romanian: libidinos (ro)
Russian: похотли́вый (ru) (poxotlívyj), сладостра́стный (ru) (sladostrástnyj)
Spanish: libidinoso (es)

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=libidinous&oldid=81723668"

Hidden categories: