salacious

sa·la·cious  (s-lshs)

adj.

1. Appealing to or stimulating sexual desire; lascivious.

2. Lustful; bawdy.

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[From Latin salx, salc-, fond of leaping, lustful, from salre, to leap; see sel- in Indo-European roots.]

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sa·lacious·ly adv.

sa·lacious·ness, sa·laci·ty (s-ls-t) n.

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salacious [səˈleɪʃəs]

adj

1. having an excessive interest in sex

2. (of books, magazines, etc.) erotic, bawdy, or lewd

[from Latin salax fond of leaping, from salīre to leap]

salaciously  adv

salaciousness , salacity [səˈlæsɪtɪ] n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	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" lustful, prurient, lubricious sexy - marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest; "feeling sexy"; "sexy clothes"; "sexy poses"; "a sexy book"; "sexy jokes"
	2.	salacious - suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" lewd, raunchy, obscene dirty - (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth"

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salacious

adjective obscene, indecent, pornographic, blue, erotic, steamy (informal), lewd, X-rated (informal), bawdy, smutty, lustful, ribald, ruttish a wildly salacious novel

Translations

salacious [səˈleɪʃəs] ADJ (frm) → salaz

salacious [səˈleɪʃəs] adj (= prurient) [story, book, detail] → salace

salacious

adj → schlüpfrig; picture → aufreizend; chuckle → anzüglich

salacious [səˈleɪʃəs] adj (joke, remark) → salace; (book, film) → scabroso/a; (look, smile) → lascivo/a