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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]. | 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=== | ===Katakana Transliteration Pronunciation=== | ||
* | * サレイシャス (sareishasu) | ||
===Adjective=== | ===Adjective=== | ||
Revision as of 11:12, 22 March 2026
English
Etymology
From the Proto-Indo-European root *sel-.
From Latin salāx (genitive salācis, “lustful”), + -ious.
Katakana Transliteration Pronunciation
- サレイシャス (sareishasu)
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.