salacious

WOTD – 14 November 2011

Etymology

Derived from Latin salāx, salācis (“provocative, lustful”) +‎ -ious.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /səˈleɪ.ʃəs/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

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.

Synonyms

ardent, hot, dirty, lubricious

Derived terms

Related terms

salacity

Translations

promoting sexual desire or lust

Bulgarian: похотлив (bg) (pohotliv)
Esperanto: voluptiga
Finnish: hekumallinen
French: salace (fr)
German: anzüglich (de), aufreizend (de), heiß (de), schlüpfrig (de)
Hungarian: érzéki (hu)
Italian: salace (it) n
Latin: salax
Maori: tūkari
Portuguese: fogoso (pt)
Romanian: înflăcărat (ro)
Russian: похотли́вый (ru) (poxotlívyj), сладостра́стный (ru) (sladostrástnyj), распу́тный (ru) (raspútnyj)
Spanish: salaz
Thai: ยั่วยวน, (of person or bodily physique) แซ่บ (th) (sɛ̂p)
Ukrainian: хти́вий (uk) (xtývyj), похітли́вий (uk) (poxitlývyj)

lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd

Bulgarian: неприличен (bg) (nepriličen), непристоен (bg) (nepristoen)
Danish: uanstændig, modbydelig, obskøn
French: salace (fr)
German: lüstern (de), schmutzig (de), obszön (de)
Hungarian: pikáns (hu)
Latin: salax
Maori: mōtekoteko
Polish: lubieżny (pl), sprośny (pl), zbereźny (pl)
Romanian: lasciv (ro), obscen (ro)
Russian: вульга́рный (ru) (vulʹgárnyj), непристо́йный (ru) (nepristójnyj)

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Translations to be checked

French: salace (fr)
Spanish: salaz

Anagrams

isocausal