lascivious

[A corrupt. (under the influence of Fr. lascif ), from Lat. lascivus; Ital. & Sp. lascivo.] 1. Lewd, wanton, lustful. 2. Exciting or provoking to lasciviousne . "The lascivious pipe and wanton song, That charm down fear." Cowper: Table Talk , 462. IMG:content-0378.png:[blocks in formation] "Sundrie wanton speeches and lascivious phrases." Gas coigne: To the Reverend Deuines. las-çiv-i-oŭs-lý, adv . [Eng. lascivious ; -ly.] In a lascivious manner; wantonly, lewdly, lustfully. las-çiv-i-ous-ne , s. [Eng. lascivious ; -ne .] 1. The quality or state of being lascivious; wan tonne , lewdne , lustfulne . 2. A tendency to excite lust or wantonne . lā-ser, s . [Lat.=the juice of Laserpitium (q.v.).] ing that it was brought from Cyrene, was a drug to The laser, or, more fully, laser cyrenaicum , imply which the ancients attributed miraculous properties, believing that it could cure envenomed wounds, restore sight to the blind and youth to the aged, . Lindley believed it came from Thapsia, and probably from Thapsia garganica , an umbelliferous plant. It was called also Asadulcis.