salacious
sa·la·cious
adjective
1.
- “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”
Origin
Derived from Latin salāx, salācis (“provocative, lustful”) + -ious, ultimately from saliō + -acious.
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