lasciviousness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

lasciviousness
    n 1: feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
         [syn: {prurience}, {pruriency}, {lasciviousness},
         {carnality}, {lubricity}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Lascivious \Las*civ"i*ous\ (l[a^]s*s[i^]v"[i^]*[u^]s), a. [L.
   lascivia wantonness, fr. lascivus wanton; cf. Gr. la`stauros
   lecherous, lh^n to wish, Skr. lash to desire.]
   1. Wanton; lewd; lustful; as, lascivious men; lascivious
      desires. --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Tending to produce voluptuous or lewd emotions.
      [1913 Webster]

            He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber
            To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. --Shak.
      -- {Las*civ"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Las*civ"i*ous*ness}, n.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lasciviousness \las*civ"i*ous*ness\ n.
   The state or habitual condition of feeling an excessive or
   morbid sexual desire.

   Syn: prurience, pruriency, carnality.
        [WordNet 1.5]