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† laˈsciviate, v. Obs. rare. [erroneously ad. L. lascīvīre, after verbs in -iate: see -ate3.] intr. To sport wantonly; to indulge in unseemly jesting.
1627–77Feltham Resolves i. xx. 36 Divinity should not lasciviate [ed. 1709 has be wanton]... Gravity becomes the pulpit. 1656in Blount Glossogr. 1721in Bailey. Hence laˈsciviating ppl. a.
1660Charac. Italy To Rdr. A iij, He will..say these Whimsies are but Ingenii lascivientis flosculi, the superfluous Excrescencies of lasciviating wit. |