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  • 21chaste — [ ʃast ] adj. • 1138; lat. ecclés. castus « pur de » 1 ♦ Vx Qui s abstient des plaisirs jugés illicites et des pensées impures. ⇒ ascétique, 1. continent, pur, sage, vertueux. Chaste épouse. ⇒ honnête. La chaste Suzanne. Les chastes sœurs : les… …

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  • 22luxurios — LUXURIÓS, OÁSĂ, luxurioşi, oase, adj. (livr.) Desfrânat, lasciv, concupiscent. [pr.: ri os] – Din fr. luxurieux. Trimis de ana zecheru, 26.03.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  LUXURIÓS adj. v. concupiscent. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Sinonime …

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  • 23concupiscence — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Late Latin concupiscentia, from Latin concupiscent , concupiscens, present participle of concupiscere to desire ardently, from com + cupere to desire Date: 14th century strong desire;… …

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  • 24avide — [ avid ] adj. • 1470; lat. avidus, de avere « désirer vivement » → avare 1 ♦ Qui a un désir ardent, immodéré de nourriture. ⇒ glouton, goulu, vorace. Un nourrisson avide. « Les estomacs dévots furent toujours avides » (Boileau). ♢ Fig. et poét.… …

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  • 25lubrique — [ lybrik ] adj. • 1450; a remplacé lubre; lat. lubricus « glissant » ♦ Littér. ou plais. (Personnes) Qui a, qui manifeste un penchant effréné pour la luxure. ⇒ luxurieux, salace, sensuel. ♢ (Choses) Qui est empreint de lubricité. Amours lubriques …

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  • 26lewd — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lascivious, obscene, salacious, indecent, unchaste. See impurity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Suggestive of lewdness] Syn. ribald, smutty, risqué, dirty, indecent, loose, foul mouthed, obscene,… …

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  • 27passionate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. impassioned, vehement; irascible. See feeling, excitability, irascibility.Ant., disinterested, passive, dispassionate. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Excitable] Syn. vehement, hotheaded, tempestuous;… …

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  • 28Impurity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Impurity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 impurity impurity Sgm: N 1 uncleanness uncleanness &c.(filth) 653 Sgm: N 1 immodesty immodesty Sgm: N 1 grossness grossness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 indelicacy …

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  • 29concupiscence — [kən kju:pɪs(ə)ns] noun formal lust. Derivatives concupiscent adjective Origin ME: via OFr. from late L. concupiscentia, from L. concupiscent , concupiscere begin to desire …

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  • 30lustful — adjective 1. vigorously passionate • Syn: ↑lusty, ↑concupiscent • Similar to: ↑passionate • Derivationally related forms: ↑concupiscence (for: ↑ …

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