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libidinous

[li-bid-n-uhs] / lɪˈbɪd n əs /


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Where Charlize Theron’s Calypso ought to have been angry, funny, skilled in rhetoric and libidinous, according to Wilson, she’s “an unpaid therapist.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Their care was funded by great commercial wealth—among the most compelling characters here is the man whose bequest first financed the Innocenti: Francesco Datini, a preposterously wealthy, libidinous and melancholy-prone merchant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

In later life, Phillips grew tired of playing libidinous, cravat-wearing libertines and took the brave decision to shelve light comedy, and have a go at serious stuff.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2022

James' portrayal is undeniably delicate and compassionate, defying the common '90s portraiture of Anderson making her out to be a libidinous twit.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2022

On the basis of our clinical impressions of these patients, we asserted that in their case libidinous occupation with objects must have been abandoned, and object-libido must have been transformed into ego-libido.

From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud




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