Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lasciviate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: las-civi-ate
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To give oneself to lasciviousness; to lust (over).

Example Sentences

"Fools be those, who let themselves lasciviate in foul sensuality."
"She is wholly, infuriatingly desirable, and I would like nothing more from this bleak jungle experience than to lasciviate her head to toe with wet, drenching mouthplay."
"They'd lust and lasciviate and tickle themselves any old time for fun and pleasure" (p. 44)."
"The process by which the sexually symbolic is swiftly overwhelmed by Wood's inclination to lasciviate over an inventory of the ideal interior is most visible in the episode describing Isabel's return as governess:"

Inflected Forms

lasciviates (present, singular) lasciviating (participle, present) lasciviated (participle, past) lasciviated (past)

Questions

What does lasciviate mean?: To give oneself to lasciviousness; to lust (over).

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