libidinous
EN • English
//lɪˈbɪ.dɪ.nəs//
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Definitions & Usage
adjective
#1Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness.
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“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.”
— 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):
“Stramonium seed, mixed with wine, produces, according to a seventeenth century erotologist, libidinous activity.”
— 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 229:
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