Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

licentious

/laɪˈsɛn.ʃəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English

Syllables: li-cen-tious
IPA: /laɪˈsɛn.ʃəs/

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.

adj

Disregarding accepted rules.

Example Sentences

"His eyes trailed over her feline pose on the sofa, finding her limbs adorable while he tried exasperatedly to extract the truth of licentious revelations from them."

Etymology

From Latin licentiōsus, from licentia (“license, freedom”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: licentiōsus

Inflected Forms

more licentious (comparative) most licentious (superlative) licentuous (alternative)

Derived Forms

licentiously licentiousness nonlicentious overlicentious unlicentious

Phrases

non-licentious

Frequently Paired Words

license incontinent

Rhymes With

contentious pretentious sententious abstentious dissentious silentious

Questions

How do you pronounce licentious?: The recorded pronunciation is /laɪˈsɛn.ʃəs/.
What does licentious mean?: Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.
Where does licentious come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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