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.

2. Of or relating to the libido.

Synonyms

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

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) m (colloquial)
• Portuguese: libidinoso (pt)
• Romanian: libidinos (ro)
• Russian: похотли́вый (ru) (poxotlívyj), сладостра́стный (ru) (sladostrástnyj)
• Spanish: libidinoso (es)