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LIBIDINOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does libidinous mean?
• LIBIDINOUS (adjective)
The adjective LIBIDINOUS has 1 sense:
1. driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires
Familiarity information: LIBIDINOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires
Synonyms:
lascivious; lewd; libidinous; lustful
Context example:
libidinous orgies
Similar:
sexy (marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest)
Derivation:
libido ((psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire)
Context examples
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.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
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