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licentious [laɪˈsenʃəs] ADJ pej form

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He was handsome and eloquent, active, hardy, courageous, a great general and an able politician, but also licentious.
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According to modern scholars, the translation tended to exaggerate harmless text to give it a nasty or licentious sting and preferred improbable and unpleasant meanings over likely and decent ones.
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At the ports of call seamen from other ships were freely entertained, and the officers made no attempt to suppress this licentious activity.
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Containing mockery and satirical commentary on the life and antics of its subject, the poem itself has variously been described as bawdy and licentious.
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Among the works attributed to him was a painting of storm-tossed naked maidens that was judged by some to be licentious.
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He followed a licentious lifestyle.
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He was considered clever and cultured, but licentious and eccentric.
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Furthermore, when he succeeded, his entire court was formed by licentious youngsters, who were completely disengaged from their political duties.
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The initial charges of licentious living are now believed to have been encouraged heavily by certain vassals and kinsmen in the north.
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This, he argues, is the stuff of licentious engravings, not literature.
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