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sa⋅la⋅cious

  [suh-ley-shuhs]
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–adjective
1. lustful or lecherous.
2. (of writings, pictures, etc.) obscene; grossly indecent.
Origin:
1635–45; < L salāci- (s. of salāx) lustful (deriv. of salīre to jump, move spasmodically, spurt; see salient, saltation ) + -ous

Related forms:
sa⋅la⋅cious⋅ly, adverb
sa⋅la⋅cious⋅ness, sa⋅lac⋅i⋅ty  [suh-las-i-tee] , noun

Synonyms:
1. lewd, wanton, lascivious, libidinous. 2. pornographic.

Antonyms:
1. modest.
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sa·la·cious   (sə-lā'shəs)   
adj.  
  1. Appealing to or stimulating sexual desire; lascivious.
  2. Lustful; bawdy.

[From Latin salāx, salāc-, fond of leaping, lustful, from salīre, to leap; see sel- in Indo-European roots.]
sa·la'cious·ly adv., sa·la'cious·ness, sa·lac'i·ty (sə-lās'ĭ-tē) n.
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Salacious

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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salacious 
1661, from L. salax (gen. salacis) "lustful," probably originally "fond of leaping," as in a male animal leaping on a female in sexual advances, from salire "to leap" (see salient). Earliest form of the word in Eng. is salacity (1605).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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