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===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
From Proto-Indo-European *sel-. | From the Proto-Indo-European root [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sel- *sel-]. | ||
From Latin [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salax salāx] (genitive [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salax#Latin salācis], “lustful”), + [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ious -ious]. | |||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
Revision as of 11:11, 22 March 2026
English
Etymology
From the Proto-Indo-European root *sel-.
From Latin salāx (genitive salācis, “lustful”), + -ious.
Pronunciation
- /səˈleɪ.ʃəs/
Adjective
salacious
- Promoting sexual desire or lust.
- utterly salacious
- Lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd.
- salacious gossip
- salacious details
- The newspaper published a salacious story about the scandal.
- He was arrested for distributing salacious material.