Licentious
/laɪˈsɛn.ʃəs/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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 Disregarding accepted rules.
Adjective
- 1 lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained wordnet
Example
More examples"He was converted from his licentious living."
Etymology
From Latin licentiōsus, from licentia (“license, freedom”).