Salacious Definition

sə-lāshəs
adjective
Appealing to or stimulating sexual desire.
Salacious reading material.
American Heritage
Lecherous; lustful.
Webster's New World
Characterized by an excessive or improper emphasis on sexual matters.
A salacious bit of gossip.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Salacious

  • From Latin salāx salāc- fond of leaping, lustful from salīre to leap sel- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin salāx (“provocative, lustful"), from saliō (“leap, jump; copulate").

    From Wiktionary

Salacious Sentence Examples

  • And now I shall demonstrate my salacious side.

  • If you were hoping for a bit of salacious gossip then you'll find it in these final chapters.

  • Some sought salacious stories from the demi-monde, and some sought novelty and illicit thrills.

  • Society 's appetite for salacious material, it seems, must continue to be fed.

  • Some women pose for Playboy in order to give their careers a little salacious boost.

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