salacious
adj/səˈleɪ.ʃəs/
Etymology Derived from Latin salāx, salācis (“provocative, lustful”) + -ious, ultimately from saliō + -acious.
1
Promoting sexual desire or lust.
- utterly salacious
2
Lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd.
- salacious gossip
- salacious details
2 more examples
- The newspaper published a salacious story about the scandal.
- He was arrested for distributing salacious material.
- Synonyms
- ardent, hot, dirty, lubricious
- Derived terms
- salaciously, salaciousness, unsalacious
- Related terms
- salacity