salacious

  • 21salacious — see SALIENT …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 22salacious — sa·la·cious || sÉ™ leɪʃəs adj. lustful, lecherous, filled with sexual desire; promoting sexual desire, sexually appealing, lascivious …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 23salacious — [sə leɪʃəs] adjective having or conveying undue or indecent interest in sexual matters. Derivatives salaciously adverb salaciousness noun Origin C17: from L. salax, salac (from salire to leap ) + ious …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 24salacious — a. Lewd, lustful, carnal, lecherous, lascivious, wanton, libidinous, lickerish, concupiscent, lewd, loose, prurient, unchaste, incontinent …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 25salacious — adj 1. lustful, libidinous, libidinal, concupiscent, prurient, randy, Sl. horny, Sl. hot; passionate, hot blooded, steamy, Sl. all fired up; lecherous, lubricous, satyric, satyrical, satyrlike, goatish, hircine, Archaic. lickerish; ruttish,… …

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  • 26salacious — sa·la·cious …

    English syllables

  • 27salacious — sa•la•cious [[t]səˈleɪ ʃəs[/t]] adj. 1) lustful or lecherous 2) (of writings, pictures, etc.) grossly indecent; obscene • Etymology: 1635–45; < L salāx, der. of salīre to jump, spurt, mount (of animals); cf. salient; see acious sa•la′cious•ly …

    From formal English to slang

  • 28salacious — /səˈleɪʃəs / (say suh layshuhs) adjective 1. lustful or lecherous. 2. (of writings, etc.) obscene; titillating. {salaci(ty) (from Latin salācitas lust) + ous} –salaciously, adverb –salaciousness, salacity /səˈlæsəti/ (say suh lasuhtee), noun …

  • 29salacious —   a. obscene; lascivious.    ♦ salacity, n …

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  • 30salacious — see SALIENT …

    Word origins

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