salacious
/səˈleɪ.ʃəs/ · adj
Meaning
- Promoting sexual desire or lust.
- Lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd.
Etymology / origin
Derived from Latin salāx, salācis (“provocative, lustful”) + -ious.
- salāx(la)→
- *sel-(ine-pro)→
- salacious (English)
- Relations: root, der
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