salacious

  • 81ὀχευτικόν — ὀχευτικός salacious masc acc sg ὀχευτικός salacious neut nom/voc/acc sg …

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  • 82desultory — [16] Latin dēsultor designated a circus trick rider who jumped from the back of one horse to another while they were galloping along (it was a derivative of dēsilīre, a compound verb formed from dē ‘down’ and salīre ‘jump’, source of or related… …

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  • 83insult — [16] The sult of insult comes from a word that meant ‘jump’. Its source was Latin insultāre ‘jump on’, a compound verb based on saltāre ‘jump’. This was a derivative of salīre ‘jump’, source in one way or another of English assail, assault,… …

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  • 84salient — [16] Salient is one of a large number of English words that go back ultimately to Latin salīre ‘jump’. Others include assail, assault, desultory, insult, sally, sauté, and also salacious [17], which goes back to Latin salāx ‘given to leaping on… …

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  • 85sauté — [19] If you sauté something, you are etymologically making it ‘jump’. The word comes from the past participle of French sauter ‘jump’, a descendant of Latin saltāre ‘jump’. This in turn was derived from salīre ‘jump’, which has given English… …

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  • 86bawdiness — noun the trait of behaving in an obscene manner • Syn: ↑obscenity, ↑lewdness, ↑salaciousness, ↑salacity • Derivationally related forms: ↑salacious (for: ↑salacity), ↑ …

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  • 87lewdness — noun the trait of behaving in an obscene manner • Syn: ↑obscenity, ↑bawdiness, ↑salaciousness, ↑salacity • Derivationally related forms: ↑salacious (for: ↑salacity), ↑ …

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  • 88salaciousness — noun the trait of behaving in an obscene manner • Syn: ↑obscenity, ↑lewdness, ↑bawdiness, ↑salacity • Derivationally related forms: ↑salacious (for: ↑salacity), ↑ …

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  • 89salacity — noun the trait of behaving in an obscene manner • Syn: ↑obscenity, ↑lewdness, ↑bawdiness, ↑salaciousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑salacious, ↑salacious (for: ↑ …

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  • 90e´vil-mind´ed|ness — e|vil mind|ed «EE vuhl MYN dihd», adjective. 1. having an evil mind; wicked; malicious. 2. = salacious. (Cf. ↑salacious) –e´vil mind´ed|ly, adverb. –e´vil mind´ed|ness, noun …

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