lasciviousness

English

Etymology

From lascivious + -ness.

Noun

lasciviousness (uncountable)

  1. The characteristic or state of being lascivious.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, [] (King James Version), London: [] Robert Barker, [], →OCLC, Mark 7:21–23, column 1:
      For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed euill thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, / Thefts, couetouſneſſe, wickedneſſe, deceit, laſciuiouſneſſe, an euill eye, blaſphemie, pride, fooliſhneſſe: / All theſe euill things come from within, and defile the man.

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