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salacious

sa·la·cious

UK/səˈleɪ.ʃəs/ US/sʌˈleɪʃʌs/ rare

adjective

1.

characterized by lust

  • “eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer”
  • “her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature”
  • “prurient literature”
  • “prurient thoughts”
  • “a salacious rooster of a little man”
2.

suggestive of or tending to moral looseness

  • “lewd whisperings of a dirty old man”
  • “an indecent gesture”
  • “obscene telephone calls”
  • “salacious limericks”
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Origin

Derived from Latin salāx, salācis (“provocative, lustful”) + -ious, ultimately from saliō + -acious.

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