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salacious

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sa·la·cious  (s-lshs)
adj.
1. Appealing to or stimulating sexual desire; lascivious.
2. Lustful; bawdy.

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

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

salacious
Adjective
1. having an excessive interest in sex
2. (of books, films, or jokes) concerned with sex in an unnecessarily detailed way [Latin salax fond of leaping]
salaciousness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"
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"
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"

salacious


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