"salacious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /səˈleɪ.ʃəs/ Audio: en-au-salacious.ogg [Australia] Forms: more salacious [comparative], most salacious [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪʃəs Etymology: Derived from Latin salāx, salācis (“provocative, lustful”) + -ious. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sel-}}, {{der|en|la|salāx|salāx, salācis|provocative, lustful}} Latin salāx, salācis (“provocative, lustful”), {{suffix|en||-ious}} + -ious Head templates: {{en-adj}} salacious (comparative more salacious, superlative most salacious)
  1. Promoting sexual desire or lust. Translations (promoting sexual desire or lust): похотлив (pohotliv) (Bulgarian), voluptiga (Esperanto), hekumallinen (Finnish), salace (French), anzüglich (German), aufreizend (German), heiß (German), schlüpfrig (German), érzéki (Hungarian), salace [neuter] (Italian), salax (Latin), tūkari (Maori), fogoso (Portuguese), înflăcărat (Romanian), похотли́вый (poxotlívyj) (Russian), сладостра́стный (sladostrástnyj) (Russian), распу́тный (raspútnyj) (Russian), salaz (Spanish), ยั่วยวน (Thai), แซ่บ (sɛ̂p) (note: of person or bodily physique) (Thai), хти́вий (xtývyj) (Ukrainian), похітли́вий (poxitlývyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-salacious-en-adj-JvUc0-jJ Disambiguation of 'promoting sexual desire or lust': 95 5
  2. Lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd. Translations (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd): неприличен (nepriličen) (Bulgarian), непристоен (nepristoen) (Bulgarian), salace (French), lüstern (German), schmutzig (German), obszön (German), pikáns (Hungarian), salax (Latin), mōtekoteko (Maori), lubieżny (Polish), sprośny (Polish), zbereźny (Polish), lasciv (Romanian), obscen (Romanian), вульга́рный (vulʹgárnyj) (Russian), непристо́йный (nepristójnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-salacious-en-adj-k5oouzzy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ious Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ious: 27 73 Disambiguation of 'lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ardent, hot, dirty, lubricious Derived forms: salaciously, salaciousness Related terms: salacity

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      "sense": "promoting sexual desire or lust",
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd",
      "word": "salax"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd",
      "word": "mōtekoteko"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd",
      "word": "lubieżny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd",
      "word": "sprośny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd",
      "word": "zbereźny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd",
      "word": "lasciv"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd",
      "word": "obscen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vulʹgárnyj",
      "sense": "lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd",
      "word": "вульга́рный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepristójnyj",
      "sense": "lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd",
      "word": "непристо́йный"
    }
  ],
  "word": "salacious"
}

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