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''salacious'' ▫ᴱᴺ｜Definition｜1st｜20260824130621-00-⌔
salacious - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Adjective
salacious (comparative more salacious, superlative most salacious)
- Promoting sexual desire or lust.
- ✤ *utterly salacious *
- Lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd.
- ✤ * salacious gossip*
- ✤ * salacious details*
- ✤ The newspaper published a salacious story about the scandal.
- ✤ He was arrested for distributing salacious material.
Etymology
Derived from Latin salāx, salācis (“provocative, lustful”) + -ious, ultimately from saliō + -acious.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /səˈleɪ.ʃəs/
- Audio (Australia): 🔊
- Rhymes: -eɪʃəs
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