libidinous

English

WOTD – 29 April 2006

libidinous (comparative more libidinous, superlative most libidinous)

Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness.
- 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):
  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.
Of or relating to the libido.

having lustful desires

Arabic: شَهْوَانِيّ (šahwāniyy), شَبِق (šabiq), غَلِم (ḡalim)
Bengali: কামাসক্ত (bn) (kamaśokto), কামুক (bn) (kamuk)
Bulgarian: похотлив (bg) (pohotliv)
Catalan: libidinós
Chinese:
Mandarin: 淫蕩 / 淫荡 (zh) (yíndàng)
Czech: libidózní
Danish: liderlig
Dutch: wellustig (nl)
Finnish: himokas (fi)
French: libidineux (fr)
Galician: libidinoso
German: lüstern (de), obszön (de)
Greek: φιλήδονος (el) (filídonos), ασελγής (el) (aselgís), λιβιδινικός (el) (lividinikós)
Ancient: λάγνος (lágnos)
Hebrew: היצריות
Italian: libidinoso (it)
Japanese: 嫌らしい (ja) (iyarashii), エッチ (ja) (etchi)
Korean: 음탕한 (eumtanghan)
Latin: libīdinōsus
Lithuanian: geidulingas, gašlus
Macedonian: сладостра́стен (sladostrásten), раскалашен (raskalašen)
Maori: tūkari, whakatūkari
Old English: gālfull, gālliċ
Polish: napalony (pl) m (colloquial)
Portuguese: libidinoso (pt)
Romanian: libidinos (ro)
Russian: похотли́вый (ru) (poxotlívyj), сладостра́стный (ru) (sladostrástnyj)
Spanish: libidinoso (es)