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licentious

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Adj — Behaving with no self-control, especially in sexual matters, and ignoring normal standards.

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1. adj

Behaving with no self-control, especially in sexual matters, and ignoring normal standards.

“His eyes trailed over her feline pose on the sofa, finding her limbs adorable while he tried exasperatedly to extract the truth of licentious revelations from them.”

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2. adj

Ignoring rules that are generally accepted.

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Etymology

Taken from Latin licentiōsus, which came from licentia ("license, freedom").

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