About The Word Salacious
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Salacious
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Salacious: See Also | 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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