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licentious

/laɪˈsentʃəs/ligh-SEN-chuhs
/laɪˈsɛntʃəs/ligh-SEN-chuhs

Meaningfull of licence

Common meaning: lacking restraint

Journey through time

  1. Latinlicentiosus‘full of licence’source
  2. Frenchlicencieuxsource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsfull of licence → lacking restraintlicentious‘lacking restraint’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin licentiosus ‘full of licence’.

Roots

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