sa·la·cious (s -l  shs)adj. 1. Appealing to or stimulating sexual desire; lascivious. 2. Lustful; bawdy. [From Latin sal x, salc-, fond of leaping, lustful, from sal re, to leap; see sel- in Indo-European roots.]sa·la cious·ly adv.sa·la cious·ness, sa·laci·ty (s-l s -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" |
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