Both Uses of
licentious
in
Don Quixote
- I will first know what it is that the bold licentious eyes of Lothario have seen in me that could have encouraged him to reveal to me a design so base as that which he has disclosed regardless of his friend and of my honour.†
Chpt 1.33-34 *
- And besides all this they are harsh in their style, incredible in their achievements, licentious in their amours, uncouth in their courtly speeches, prolix in their battles, silly in their arguments, absurd in their travels, and, in short, wanting in everything like intelligent art; for which reason they deserve to be banished from the Christian commonwealth as a worthless breed.†
Chpt 1.47-48
Definition:
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(licentious) inappropriate sexual behavior -- especially in public behavior