LICENTIOUS

licentious. licentious, taking libertie to doe euill

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licentious. Licentious, a. unrestrained, loose, presumptuous

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Li‐cen″tious (–shŭs), a. [[L. licentiosus: cf. F. licencieux. See License.]] 1. 1. Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious press.
A wit that no licentious pertness knows. Savage. 2. 2. Unrestrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral; dissolute; lewd; lascivious; as, a licentious man; a licentious life. “Licentious wickedness.” Shak.
Syn. — Unrestrained; uncurbed; uncontrolled; unruly; riotous; ungovernable; wanton; profligate; dissolute; lax; loose; sensual; impure; unchaste; lascivious; immoral. — Li‐cen″tious‐ly, adv. — Li‐cen″tious‐ness, n.