salacious

English

WOTD – 14 November 2011    

Etymology

From Latin salāx (“provocative, lustful”), from saliō (“leap, jump; copulate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /səˈleɪʃəs/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

Adjective

salacious (comparative more salacious, superlative most salacious)

1. Promoting sexual desire or lust.
2. Lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd.

Derived terms

• salaciousness

Translations

promoting sexual desire or lust

• Esperanto: voluptiga (eo)
• Finnish: hekumallinen (fi)
• German: anzüglich (de)
• Italian: salace (it) n

• Russian: похотливый (ru) (poxotlívyj), сладострастный (ru) (sladostrástnyj), распутный (ru) (raspútnyj)
• Ukrainian: хтивий (uk) (xtývyj), похітливий (uk) (poxitlývyj)

lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd

• Russian: вульгарный (ru) (vul’gárnyj), непристойный (ru) (nepristójnyj)

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• Spanish: salaz
• French: salace