Origin: Latin
suffix -ous
Salacious has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
characterized by lust
"eluding lubricious embraces"
"prurient literature"
"prurient thoughts"
2
suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
"lewd pictures"
"an indecent gesture"
"obscene telephone calls"
"salacious limericks"
3
Promoting sexual desire or lust.
Example Sentences
"eluding lubricious embraces"
adjective
"prurient literature"
adjective
"prurient thoughts"
adjective
"lewd pictures"
adjective
"an indecent gesture"
adjective
"obscene telephone calls"
adjective
"salacious limericks"
adjective
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