licentiousadj.

Brit.

/lʌɪˈsɛnʃəs/, U.S.

/laɪˈsɛnʃəs/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s licencious.

Etymology: < medieval Latin licentiōsus, < licentia licence n.: see -ous suffix. Compare Old French licentieux (French licencieux).

Characterized by licence or excessive assumption of liberty.

1. Disregarding commonly accepted rules, deviating freely from correctness, esp. in matters of grammar or literary style; overstepping customary limits.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > [adjective] > disregarding rule or custom

licentious1589

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective] > incorrect

dissolute1566

licentious1589

vicious1589

incorrect1672

libertine1760

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. viii. 67 Our maker must not be too licentious in his concords.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lix. 130 This licentious and deluding arte, which changeth the meaning of words.

1667 Direct. to Painter 40 Poets and Painters are Licentious Youths.

1680 Earl of Roscommon tr. Horace Art of Poetry 82 The Tyber (whose licentious Waves, So often overflow'd the neighbouring Fields), Now runs a smooth and inoffensive course.

a1701 C. Sedley Venus & Adonis in Wks. (1722) II. 315 If, Alas! thy too licentious Mind Is still to vig'rous Sylvan Sports inclined.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 86. ⁋12 The rest are more or less licentious with respect to the accent.

1785 T. Balguy Disc. Various Subj. 174 It is hard to say whether there be greater inconvenience in too literal or too licentious an interpretation of Scripture.

1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. i. 40 Verse..somewhat licentious in number of syllables.

1850 W. E. Gladstone Remarks Royal Supremacy 62 To speak of a treaty as subsisting between the State..and the Church..appears a licentious use of terms.

1881 B. F. Westcott & F. J. A. Hort New Test. in Orig. Greek II. Introd. iii. 134 Licentious as distinguished from inaccurate transcription.

2. Unrestrained by law, decorum, or morality; lawless, lax, immoral. Now rare on account of the prevalence of the specific use 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective]

lawlessc1394

wantona1425

contemptuous1517

licentious1535

rightless1572

exlegal1602

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > excessively unrestrained

licentious1535

licentiate1593

1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 19 Vpon trust of sainctuaries and the licencious liberties that heretofore haue ben..vsed in the same.

a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 272 What should I speak of the licentious liberty that divers princes have usurped.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) v. v. 4 You haue..fill'd the time With all Licentious measure, making your willes The scope of Iustice.

1683 Britanniæ Speculum 61 Rights and Priviledges, which licentious people make their pretence of contesting with their Soveraigns.

1687 T. Brown Saints in Uproar in Wks. (1730) I. 79 There's no stopping your licentious tongue.

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 261 But chief he glory'd with licentious Style To lash the Great.

1733 D. Neal Hist. Puritans ii. 161 The licentious printing of Popish books.

1737 Chesterfield Speech on Licensing Bill in Hansard Parl. Hist. (1812) X. 338 The only place where they [Courtiers] can meet with any just reproof is a free though not a licentious stage.

1767 T. Hutchinson Hist. Province Massachusets-Bay, 1691–1750 ii. 147 The licentious practice..of making depredations upon foreign nations.

1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1875) xxvii. 441/1 A loud and licentious murmur was echoed through the camps and garrisons of the west.

1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 472 Led astray by the premature illusions of a licentious fancy.

1809 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 127 The lying and licentious character of our newspapers.

1859 J. Cumming Ruth x. 160 It leaves not one peg for the Antinomian to hang his licentious crotchets upon.

absolute.1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iv. lxxviii. sig. X4^v In the licentious yet it bred despight.

3. Disregarding the restraints of chastity; libertine, lascivious, lewd. In modern usage the prevailing sense.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [adjective]

golec888

canga1225

light?c1225

wooinga1382

nicea1387

riota1400

wantonc1400

wrenec1400

lachesc1450

loose?a1500

licentious1555

libertine1560

prostitute1569

riggish1569

wide1574

slipper1581

slippery1586

sportive1595

gay1597

Cyprian1598

suburb1598

waggish1600

smicker1606

suburbian1606

loose-living1607

wantona1627

free-living1632

libertinous1632

loose-lived1641

Corinthian1642

akolastic1656

slight1685

fast1699

freea1731

brisk1740

shy1787

slang1818

randomc1825

fastish1832

loosish1846

slummya1860

velocious1872

fly1880

slack1951

1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. bij Dissolute lyuynge, licentious talke, and such other vicious behauours.

1602 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xii. lxxv. 313 The pompious Prelacie of Rome, and liues lycentious thear.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) ii. ii. 134 How deerely would it touch thee to the quicke, Shouldst thou but heare I were licencious?

1682 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Rights Princes (new ed.) v. 177 This licentious Prince was, by reason of those scandals of his Life, less able or willing to grapple with the Ecclesiastical Power.

1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. vii. 54 Whose licentious morals all good men detested.

1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi I. i. iv. 65 Seeking occasion for a licentious gallantry among the cowering citizens.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xvi. 22 A spectre at their licentious feasts.

1864 D. G. Mitchell Seven Stories 226 He indulged freely in the licentious intrigues of Venice.

absolute.1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 148 The pleasures of the licentious are chiefly supplied from that class.

†4. quasi-adv. With licence or liberty; freely.

ΚΠ

c1425 Found. St. Bartholomew's 31 More licencyous we may passe yn-to othir.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	licentious
释义	licentiousadj. Brit. /lʌɪˈsɛnʃəs/, U.S. /laɪˈsɛnʃəs/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s licencious. Etymology: < medieval Latin licentiōsus, < licentia licence n.: see -ous suffix. Compare Old French licentieux (French licencieux). Characterized by licence or excessive assumption of liberty. 1. Disregarding commonly accepted rules, deviating freely from correctness, esp. in matters of grammar or literary style; overstepping customary limits. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > [adjective] > disregarding rule or custom licentious1589 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective] > incorrect dissolute1566 licentious1589 vicious1589 incorrect1672 libertine1760 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. viii. 67 Our maker must not be too licentious in his concords. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lix. 130 This licentious and deluding arte, which changeth the meaning of words. 1667 Direct. to Painter 40 Poets and Painters are Licentious Youths. 1680 Earl of Roscommon tr. Horace Art of Poetry 82 The Tyber (whose licentious Waves, So often overflow'd the neighbouring Fields), Now runs a smooth and inoffensive course. a1701 C. Sedley Venus & Adonis in Wks. (1722) II. 315 If, Alas! thy too licentious Mind Is still to vig'rous Sylvan Sports inclined. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 86. ⁋12 The rest are more or less licentious with respect to the accent. 1785 T. Balguy Disc. Various Subj. 174 It is hard to say whether there be greater inconvenience in too literal or too licentious an interpretation of Scripture. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. i. 40 Verse..somewhat licentious in number of syllables. 1850 W. E. Gladstone Remarks Royal Supremacy 62 To speak of a treaty as subsisting between the State..and the Church..appears a licentious use of terms. 1881 B. F. Westcott & F. J. A. Hort New Test. in Orig. Greek II. Introd. iii. 134 Licentious as distinguished from inaccurate transcription. 2. Unrestrained by law, decorum, or morality; lawless, lax, immoral. Now rare on account of the prevalence of the specific use 3. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective] lawlessc1394 wantona1425 contemptuous1517 licentious1535 rightless1572 exlegal1602 society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > excessively unrestrained licentious1535 licentiate1593 1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 19 Vpon trust of sainctuaries and the licencious liberties that heretofore haue ben..vsed in the same. a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 272 What should I speak of the licentious liberty that divers princes have usurped. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) v. v. 4 You haue..fill'd the time With all Licentious measure, making your willes The scope of Iustice. View more context for this quotation 1683 Britanniæ Speculum 61 Rights and Priviledges, which licentious people make their pretence of contesting with their Soveraigns. 1687 T. Brown Saints in Uproar in Wks. (1730) I. 79 There's no stopping your licentious tongue. 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 261 But chief he glory'd with licentious Style To lash the Great. 1733 D. Neal Hist. Puritans ii. 161 The licentious printing of Popish books. 1737 Chesterfield Speech on Licensing Bill in Hansard Parl. Hist. (1812) X. 338 The only place where they [Courtiers] can meet with any just reproof is a free though not a licentious stage. 1767 T. Hutchinson Hist. Province Massachusets-Bay, 1691–1750 ii. 147 The licentious practice..of making depredations upon foreign nations. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1875) xxvii. 441/1 A loud and licentious murmur was echoed through the camps and garrisons of the west. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 472 Led astray by the premature illusions of a licentious fancy. 1809 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 127 The lying and licentious character of our newspapers. 1859 J. Cumming Ruth x. 160 It leaves not one peg for the Antinomian to hang his licentious crotchets upon. absolute.1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iv. lxxviii. sig. X4^v In the licentious yet it bred despight. 3. Disregarding the restraints of chastity; libertine, lascivious, lewd. In modern usage the prevailing sense. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [adjective] golec888 canga1225 light?c1225 wooinga1382 nicea1387 riota1400 wantonc1400 wrenec1400 lachesc1450 loose?a1500 licentious1555 libertine1560 prostitute1569 riggish1569 wide1574 slipper1581 slippery1586 sportive1595 gay1597 Cyprian1598 suburb1598 waggish1600 smicker1606 suburbian1606 loose-living1607 wantona1627 free-living1632 libertinous1632 loose-lived1641 Corinthian1642 akolastic1656 slight1685 fast1699 freea1731 brisk1740 shy1787 slang1818 randomc1825 fastish1832 loosish1846 slummya1860 velocious1872 fly1880 slack1951 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. bij Dissolute lyuynge, licentious talke, and such other vicious behauours. 1602 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xii. lxxv. 313 The pompious Prelacie of Rome, and liues lycentious thear. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) ii. ii. 134 How deerely would it touch thee to the quicke, Shouldst thou but heare I were licencious? 1682 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Rights Princes (new ed.) v. 177 This licentious Prince was, by reason of those scandals of his Life, less able or willing to grapple with the Ecclesiastical Power. 1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. vii. 54 Whose licentious morals all good men detested. 1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi I. i. iv. 65 Seeking occasion for a licentious gallantry among the cowering citizens. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xvi. 22 A spectre at their licentious feasts. 1864 D. G. Mitchell Seven Stories 226 He indulged freely in the licentious intrigues of Venice. absolute.1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 148 The pleasures of the licentious are chiefly supplied from that class. †4. quasi-adv. With licence or liberty; freely. ΚΠ c1425 Found. St. Bartholomew's 31 More licencyous we may passe yn-to othir. 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