libidinous

English

WOTD – 29 April 2006

Latin libidinosus, from libido (“lust”).

libidinous (comparative more libidinous, superlative most libidinous)

Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness
- 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], chapter VIII, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: Printed for Benj[amin] Motte, […], OCLC 995220039, 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.

having lustful desires

Arabic: فَاسِق‎ (fāsiq), دَاعِر‎ (dāʿir), شَهْوَانِيّ‎ (šahwāniyy), شَبِق‎ (šabiq), غَلِم‎ (ḡalim)
Bengali: কামাসক্ত (kamasôkt), কামুক (kamuk)
Catalan: libidinoso
Chinese:
Mandarin: 淫蕩 (zh), 淫荡 (zh) (yíndàng)
Czech: libidózní
Danish: liderlig
Dutch: wellustig (nl)
Finnish: himokas (fi)
French: libidineux (fr)
German: lüstern (de), obszön (de)
Greek: φιλήδονος (el) (filídonos), ασελγής (el) (aselgís)
Ancient: λάγνος (lágnos)

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