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salacious

[ suh-ley-shuhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

lustful or lecherous.
Synonyms: libidinous, lascivious, wanton, lewd
Antonyms: modest
(of writings, pictures, etc.) obscene; grossly indecent.
Synonyms: pornographic

salacious

/ səˈlæsɪtɪ; səˈleɪʃəs /

1635–45; < Latin salāci- (stem of salāx ) lustful (derivative of salīre to jump, move spasmodically, spurt; salient, saltation ) + -ous

C17: from Latin salax fond of leaping, from salīre to leap

The dirty details can be multiplied almost indefinitely, and Lee lingers over every salacious story.

All of their songs, they say, are inspired by Torah and Hasidic philosophy, even the ones that sound a bit salacious.

I mean, calling it that is probably why people are expecting it to be salacious and along the lines of what the book was.

We now have to make it more salacious by adding in some sort of zeitgeist-y pop culture reference to social media and blogging.

Apart from the color of their skin, there is nothing salacious about this romance.

Fromentin was singing,—a ribald marching song, an unprintable thing, salacious and vilifying the Boches.

Mr. Hewitt, of Birmingham, tells me that the common hen prefers a salacious cock, but is quite indifferent to colour.

The affair was planned not only to secure the divorce, but also to do it in the most sensational and salacious manner.

More refined entertainment has often been unpleasantly salacious, not because it was daring but because it was cowardly.

It is the experience of New York managers that the run of the merely salacious play is generally short.

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