libidinous
adj/lɪˈbɪ.dɪ.nəs/
Etymology From Middle English libidinous, borrowed from Latin libīdinōsus.
1
Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness.
- 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:
2
Of or relating to the libido.
- Synonyms
- hot to trot, lascivious, lewd, licentious, lustful, wanton
- Derived terms
- libidinously, libidinousness, unlibidinous
- Related terms
- libido, libidinism, libidinist, libidinosity