salacious

English

WOTD – 14 November 2011

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈleɪ.ʃəs/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

Adjective

salacious (comparative more salacious, superlative most salacious)

1. Promoting sexual desire or lust.

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1. Lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd.

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Synonyms

• ardent, hot, dirty, lubricious

Derived terms

• salaciously
• salaciousness

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
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• Latin: salax
• Maori: tūkari
• Portuguese: fogoso (pt)
• Romanian: înflăcărat (ro)
• Russian: похотли́вый (ru) (poxotlívyj), сладостра́стный (ru) (sladostrástnyj), распу́тный (ru) (raspútnyj)
• Spanish: salaz
• Ukrainian: хти́вий (uk) (xtývyj), похітли́вий (uk) (poxitlývyj)

lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd

• Bulgarian: неприличен (bg) (nepriličen), непристоен (bg) (nepristoen)
• French: salace (fr)
• German: lüstern (de), schmutzig (de)
• Hungarian: pikáns (hu)
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• 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)
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• Spanish: salaz

Anagrams

• isocausal