LASCIVIENTADJECTIVE
wanton, lascivious ...1653 obs. ETYMOLOGY from Latin lascivientem, pres. pple. of lascivire to be wanton, from lascivus wanton FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1653 - see Example below EXAMPLE "...Adam was wholly set upon doing things at randome, according as the various toyings and titillations of the lascivient Life of the Vehicle suggested to him." From: Conjectura Cabbalistica: Or, A Conjectural Essay of Interpreting the Minde of Moses According to a Threefold Cabbala By: Henry More, 1653 SOURCES • An Universal Etymological English Dictionary, Nathan Bailey, 1737 • A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Thomas Sheridan, 1790, 1797 • The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language, Rev. John Ogilvie, 1847-1850 • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933
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