Both Uses of
licentious
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- But if I thought to draw him on more gently by this device, I did not think of subjecting the girl to the licentiousness and brutality of so old a hand as you.†
Chpt 19 *
- He heard his sister's sufferings derided, and her virtuous conduct jeered at and brutally misconstrued; he heard her name bandied from mouth to mouth, and herself made the subject of coarse and insolent wagers, free speech, and licentious jesting.†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(licentious) inappropriate sexual behavior -- especially in public behavior