libidinous

English

WOTD – 29 April 2006

Etymology

From Middle English libidinous, borrowed from Latin libīdinōsus.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /lɪˈbɪ.dɪ.nəs/

Adjective

libidinous (comparative more libidinous, superlative most libidinous)

1. Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness.
   • 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms):

     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.

   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 229:

     Stramonium seed, mixed with wine, produces, according to a seventeenth century erotologist, libidinous activity.

2. Of or relating to the libido.

Synonyms

• (having lustful desires): hot to trot, lascivious, lewd, licentious, lustful, wanton; See also Thesaurus:randy

Derived terms

• libidinously
• libidinousness
• unlibidinous

Related terms

• libido
• libidinism
• libidinist
• libidinosity

Translations

having lustful desires

Arabic: شَهْوَانِيّ (šahwāniyy), شَبِق (šabiq), غَلِم (ḡalim) Bengali: কামাসক্ত (bn) (kamaśokto), কামুক (bn) (kamuk) Bulgarian: похотлив (bg) (pohotliv) Catalan: libidinós Chinese: Mandarin: 淫蕩 / 淫荡 (zh) (yíndàng) Czech: libidózní Danish: liderlig Dutch: wellustig (nl) Finnish: himokas (fi) French: libidineux (fr) Galician: libidinoso German: lüstern (de), obszön (de) Greek: φιλήδονος (el) (filídonos), ασελγής (el) (aselgís), λιβιδινικός (el) (lividinikós) Ancient: λάγνος (lágnos) Hebrew: היצריות Italian: libidinoso (it) Japanese: 嫌らしい (ja) (iyarashii), エッチ (ja) (etchi) Korean: 음탕한 (eumtanghan) Latin: libīdinōsus Lithuanian: geidulingas, gašlus Macedonian: сладостра́стен (sladostrásten), раскалашен (raskalašen) Maori: tūkari, whakatūkari Old English: gālfull, gālliċ Polish: napalony (pl) Portuguese: libidinoso (pt) Romanian: libidinos (ro) Russian: похотли́вый (ru) (poxotlívyj), сладостра́стный (ru) (sladostrástnyj) Spanish: libidinoso (es)