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Licentious

//laɪˈsɛn.ʃəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.

    "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."

  2. 2
    Disregarding accepted rules.
Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained wordnet

Etymology

From Latin licentiōsus, from licentia (“license, freedom”).

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