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Salacious

Salacious Meaning & Definition
Salacious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Salacious?

[adj] suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"
[adj] characterized by lust; "eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer"; "her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature"; "prurient literature"; "prurient thoughts"; "a salacious rooster of a little man"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Salacious: dirty | lewd | lubricious | lustful | obscene | prurient | sexy

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Salacious In Webster's Dictionary

\Sa*la"cious\, n. [L. salax, -acis, fond of leaping, lustful, fr. salire to leap. See {Salient}.] Having a propensity to venery; lustful; lecherous. --Dryden. -- {Sa*la"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Sa*la"cious*ness}, n.

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