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单词 licentious
释义 li·cen·tious
\(ˈ)lī|senchəs\ adjective
Etymology: Latin licentiosus, from licentia + -osus -ous
1. : marked by the absence of legal or moral restraints : hostile or offensive to accepted standards of conduct
 < the licentious practice … of making depredations upon foreign nations — Thomas Hutchinson >
 < the lying and licentious character of our newspapers — Thomas Jefferson >
2. : marked by lewdness : lascivious, unchaste
 < ribaldry … too well suited to the taste of a profane and licentious pit — T.B.Macaulay >
 < a more depraved licentious lot of rascals don't exist — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall >
3. : marked by neglect of or disregard for strict rules of correctness
 < verse … somewhat licentious in number of syllables — Henry Hallam >
 < English speech was never more syntactically licentious — Havelock Ellis >
li·cen·tious·ly adverb
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