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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 li·cen·tious /laɪˈsɛn(t)ʃəs/
 (a.)放肆的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Li·cen·tious a.
 1. Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious press.
    A wit that no licentious pertness knows.   --Savage.
 2. Unrestrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral; dissolute; lewd; lascivious; as, a licentious man; a licentious life. “Licentious wickedness.”
 Syn: -- Unrestrained; uncurbed; uncontrolled; unruly; riotous; ungovernable; wanton; profligate; dissolute; lax; loose; sensual; impure; unchaste; lascivious; immoral.
 -- Li*cen*tious*ly, adv. -- Li*cen*tious*ness, n.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 licentious
      adj : lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained;
            "coarse and licentious men"