salacious

  • 11salacious — 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… …

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  • 12salacious — sa|la|cious [ sə leıʃəs ] adjective FORMAL expressing sexual interest or containing too much sexual detail: salacious gossip …

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  • 13salacious — adjective formal expressing too much unpleasant sexual detail: salacious jokes salaciously adverb salaciousness noun (U) …

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  • 14salacious — UK [səˈleɪʃəs] / US adjective formal expressing sexual interest, or containing too much sexual detail salacious gossip …

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  • 15Salacious Crumb — est un personnage de Star Wars. Il appartient à l espèce des singes lézards Kawatiens. Il est l animal de compagnie préféré de Jabba lequel le conserve volontiers contre sa panse visqueuse ou dans les plis de sa queue. Ses grands yeux jaunes et… …

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  • 16salacious — adjective Etymology: Latin salac , salax, from salire to move spasmodically, leap more at sally Date: circa 1645 1. arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination ; lascivious 2. lecherous, lustful • salaciously adverb • salaciousness …

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  • 17salacious — salaciously, adv. salaciousness, salacity /seuh las i tee/, n. /seuh lay sheuhs/, adj. 1. lustful or lecherous. 2. (of writings, pictures, etc.) obscene; grossly indecent. [1635 45; < L salaci (s. of salax) lustful (deriv. of salire to ju …

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  • 18salacious — adjective a) Promoting sexual desire or lust. b) Lascivious or bawdy …

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  • 19salacious — Synonyms and related words: Fescennine, Rabelaisian, animal, aphrodisiomaniacal, bawdy, blue, carnal, clitoromaniacal, concupiscent, dirty, ejaculatory, erotic, eroticomaniacal, erotomaniacal, fast, filthy, fleshly, foul, foul mouthed, foul&#8230; …

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  • 20salacious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. lascivious, wanton, lustful, lecherous; see lewd 2 , wicked 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. lustful, *horny, lecherous, libidinous, lewd, prurient, obscene. ANT.: chaste, virginal, celibate, abstinent III (Roget s&#8230; …

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