Licentious

  • 71Lawles — This interesting surname of English origin is derived from a nickname for an unbridled and licentious man, from the middle English laweles or laghles meaning uncontrolled by the law , unbridled or licentious . The surname dates back to the early… …

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  • 72Lawless — Recorded in various forms including Lwless, Lawles, Laweles and possibly others, this is an English medieval surname. It is said to be a nickname for a licentious man, from the Early English word laweles meaning uncontrolled by the law, unbridled …

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  • 73abandoned — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dissipated, immoral, reprobate, dissolute, depraved; lost; unbridled. See impurity, rashness, relinquishment, disuse. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Left uninhabited or unsupported] Syn. deserted,… …

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  • 74dissipated — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dissolute, profligate, debauched, licentious; dispersed (see dispersion). See intemperance, impurity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Scattered] Syn. dispersed, strewn, disseminated; see scattered . 2.… …

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  • 75fast — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. starve, diet, abstain. See asceticism. adj. swift, speedy, fleet, quick, rapid; secure, firm, permanent, steadfast, profound; wild, rakish, dissipated. See velocity, junction, impurity, tenacity,… …

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  • 76lewd — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lascivious, obscene, salacious, indecent, unchaste. See impurity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Suggestive of lewdness] Syn. ribald, smutty, risqué, dirty, indecent, loose, foul mouthed, obscene,… …

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  • 77profligate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. wanton, reckless, wild, intemperate; extravagant, wasteful. n. roué, rake, libertine, lecher, reprobate; wastrel, spendthrift, squanderer, playboy. See waste, impurity, evildoer. Ant., economical.… …

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  • 78unbridled — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unrestrained; violent, licentious; unruly, intractable. See freedom, illegality. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unrestrained, uncontrolled, ungoverned, unchecked; see unruly . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 79voluptuous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sensual, carnal, fleshy, sexy (sl.), meretricious; epicurean, worldly. See pleasure, intemperance. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Suited to rich satisfaction of the senses] Syn. luxurious, rich, profuse …

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  • 80wild — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. savage, untamed, uncivilized; feral, bloodthirsty, fierce; uncontrolled, amuck, frenzied; inaccurate, intemperate, unwise, foolish; eager, impetuous, stormy, violent, unrestrainable, desert,… …

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