unlasciviousadj.
/ˌʌnləˈsɪvɪəs/, U.S. /ˌənləˈsɪviəs/ rare.
Not lascivious.
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society > morality > virtue > purity > chastity > modesty or decency > [adjective] > inoffensive to decency
moralc1390
unlascivious1592
chaste1621
modest1638
family1695
clean1867
1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. E3 There is no other vnlasciuious vse or end of poetry, but to..magnifie vertue.
1876 Homilist 38 lxiv. 419 Had he not been pure and unlascivious in purpose he could have no hope from his Maker.
1908 C. Johnston tr. Bhagavad Gita xvi. 171 An unlascivious mind, mildness, modesty.
2012 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 19 Oct. The film's revealing sex scenes..offer a refreshingly unlascivious look at sexuality.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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