libidinous

ENEnglish
//lɪˈbɪ.dɪ.nəs//

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Definitions & Usage

adjective
#1

Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness.

adjective
#2

Of or relating to the libido.

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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