libidinous

English

WOTD – 29 April 2006

Etymology

Latin libidinosus, from libido (“lust”).

Pronunciation

Audio (US) (file)
IPA^(key): /lɪˈbɪdɪnəs/

Adjective

libidinous (comparative more libidinous, superlative most libidinous)

Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness
- 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], chapter VIII, in Gulliver’s Travels, volume II, London: Printed for Benj[amin] Motte, OCLC 995220039, part IV:
  
  It is observed, that the red haired of both sexes are more libidinous and mischievous than the rest, whom yet they much exceed in strength and activity.

Synonyms

(having lustful desires): hot to trot, lascivious, lewd, licentious, lustful, wanton

Related terms

Translations

having lustful desires

Arabic: فَاسِق‎‎ (fāsiq), دَاعِر‎‎ (dāʿir), شَهْوَانِيّ‎‎ (šahwāniyy), شَبِق‎‎ (šabiq), غَلِم‎‎ (ḡalim)
Bengali: কামাসক্ত (kamaśôkt), কামুক (kamuk)
Catalan: libidinoso
Chinese:
Mandarin: 淫蕩 (zh), 淫荡 (zh) (yíndàng)
Czech: libidózní
Danish: liderlig
Dutch: wellustig (nl)
Finnish: himokas (fi)
French: libidineux (fr)
German: lüstern (de), obszön (de)
Greek: φιλήδονος (el) (filídonos), ασελγής (el) (aselgís)

Hebrew: היצריות‎‎
Italian: libidinoso (it)
Japanese: 嫌らしい (iyarashii), エッチ (ja) (etchi)
Korean: 음탕한 (eumtanghan)
Latin: libidinosus
Lithuanian: geidulingas, gašlus
Macedonian: сладострастен m (sladostrásten), раскалашен m (raskálašen)
Old English: gālfull, gālliċ
Portuguese: libidinoso (pt)
Romanian: libidinos (ro)
Russian: похотли́вый (ru) (poxotlívyj), сладостра́стный (ru) (sladostrástnyj)
Spanish: libidinoso (es)

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