- salacious
- sa·la·cious
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Salacious — can refer to: *Having lust *Salacious B. Crumb, a minor character from Star Wars … Wikipedia
Salacious — Sa*la cious, n. [L. salax, acis, fond of leaping, lustful, fr. salire to leap. See {Salient}.] Having a propensity to venery; lustful; lecherous. Dryden. [1913 Webster] {Sa*la cious*ly}, adv. {Sa*la cious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
salacious — I adjective bawdy, carnal, coarse, concupiscent, corrupt, debauched, depraved, dirty, dissolute, erotic, Fescennine, filthy, foul, free, goatish, gross, immoral, impure, incontinent, indecent, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous,… … Law dictionary
salacious — 1660s, from L. salax (gen. salacis) lustful, probably originally fond of leaping, as in a male animal leaping on a female in sexual advances, from salire to leap (see SALIENT (Cf. salient)). Earliest form of the word in English is salacity… … Etymology dictionary
salacious — [adj] lascivious bawdy, carnal, erotic, fast*, horny, hot*, indecent, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, lubricious, lustful, nasty, obscene, orgiastic, prurient, raunchy, sensual, smutty*, steamy, suggestive, voluptuous, wanton; … New thesaurus
salacious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having or conveying undue or indecent interest in sexual matters. DERIVATIVES salaciously adverb salaciousness noun. ORIGIN from Latin salax, from salire to leap … English terms dictionary
salacious — [sə lā′shəs] adj. [L salax (gen. salacis) < salire, to leap, (of animals) cover sexually: see SALIENT] 1. lecherous; lustful 2. obscene; pornographic salaciously adv. salaciousness n. salacity [səlas′ə tē] … English World dictionary
salacious — [[t]səle͟ɪʃəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe something such as a book or joke as salacious, you think that it deals with sexual matters in an unnecessarily detailed way. The newspapers once again filled their columns with salacious… … English dictionary
salacious — adjective 1) salacious writing Syn: pornographic, obscene, indecent, crude, lewd, vulgar, dirty, filthy; erotic, titillating, arousing, suggestive, sexy, risqué, ribald, smutty, bawdy; X rate … Thesaurus of popular words
salacious — adj. Salacious is used with these nouns: ↑detail, ↑gossip … Collocations dictionary
salacious — sa|la|cious [səˈleıʃəs] adj formal [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: salax liking to jump, full of sexual desire , from salire to jump ] showing too much interest in sex ▪ the media s love of salacious gossip >salaciously adv… … Dictionary of contemporary English
