About The Word Salacious
Learn about the word Salacious to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Salacious definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Salacious
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 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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Elementary school ‐ a school for young children; usually the first 6…
- Press stud ‐ a fastener used…
- Butterfly valve ‐ a valve in a carburetor that consists of a disc that turns and…
- Cuirass ‐ medieval body armor that covers the…
- Stole ‐ a wide scarf worn about their…
- European perch ‐ a perch native…
- Anseriformes ‐ ducks; geese; swans;…
- Tepic ‐ a city in west…
- Actinomycin ‐ any of various red antibiotics isolated from…
- Pluckiness ‐ the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible…