salaciousness

sa·la·cious

 (sə-lā′shəs)

adj.

1. Appealing to or stimulating sexual desire: salacious reading material.

2. Characterized by or indicating sexual desire; lustful: a salacious wink.

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[From Latin salāx, salāc-, fond of leaping, lustful, from salīre, to leap; see sel- in Indo-European roots.]

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sa·la′cious·ly adv.

sa·la′cious·ness, sa·lac′i·ty (sə-lăs′ĭ-tē) n.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

salaciousness - the trait of behaving in an obscene manner bawdiness, lewdness, obscenity, salacity indecency - the quality of being indecent smuttiness, dirtiness - obscenity in speech or writing

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Translations

salacité

dissolutezzasalacità

salaciousness

[səˈleɪʃəsnɪs] N salacity [səˈlæsɪtɪ] N (frm) → salacidad f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

salaciousness

[səˈleɪʃəsnəs] n (= prurience) → grivoiserie f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

salaciousness

n → Schlüpfrigkeit f; (of picture) → aufreizende Darstellung; (of chuckle) → Anzüglichkeit f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

salaciousness

[səˈleɪʃəsnɪs] n (see adj) → salacità, scabrosità, lascivia

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