Salacious
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.
References
Other Dictionary Entries for "Salacious"
- Wiktionary's Entry for "Salacious"
- Vocabulary.com's Entry for "Salacious"
- Dictionary.com's Entry for "Salacious"
- Oxford Learners Dictionaries' Entry for "Salacious"
- Britannica's Dictionary Entry for "Salacious"