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 Definitions of salacious  [əˈleɪ ʃəs]  

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Definition of 'salacious' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) salacious
lustful or lecherous.

2.  salacious
(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)

Definition of 'salacious' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) lubricious, lustful, prurient, salacious
characterized by lust
"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"

2. (adj) lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacious
suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
"lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"


Definition of 'salacious' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) salacious
having a propensity to venery; lustful; lecherous



'salacious' - Nearby Entries  

salaam  salaat  salable  salacious  salaciously  salaciousness  salacity  



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