salacious
Origin of salacious
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lewd, indecent, obscene, prurient, bawdy, carnal, erotic, fast, horny, hot, lecherous, libertine, libidinous, licentious, lustful, nasty, raunchy, sensual, smutty, steamyExamples from the Web for salacious
Contemporary Examples of salacious
The dirty details can be multiplied almost indefinitely, and Lee lingers over every salacious story.
I mean, calling it that is probably why people are expecting it to be salacious and along the lines of what the book was.
'Saved by the Bell' Star Dustin Diamond Doesn't Want to Be a Jerk AnymoreKevin Fallon
August 11, 2014
But can this portrait of a city be raw and honest, as well as salacious and sexy?
The allegations are broad, salacious, and, at times, just plain gross.
Are we in for another overhyped, overdramatized extravaganza that does little more than feed our appetite for salacious fare?
Historical Examples of salacious
Similarly, the word "salacious," or lustful, had this origin.
The Covenant of SaltHenry Clay Trumbull
"It takes a nasty, salacious mind to make that kind of separation," I said.
Do Unto OthersMark Clifton
He had looked at life with the salacious eyes of a Peeping Tom.
The Sins of the ChildrenCosmo Hamilton
"The citizen of Chartres is money-getting, apathetic, and salacious," replied the Abbé Plomb.
The CathedralJoris-Karl Huysmans
Is there one who prefers my writings to those of the salacious warbler, the wanton lacivious little Moore?