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salacious

adjective

sa·​la·​cious sə-ˈlā-shəs How to pronounce salacious (audio)
1
: arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination
salacious headlines
salacious lyrics
2
: lecherous, lustful
… have fiercely denounced the book's sketches of melodramatic lovers and salacious partygoers … Casey Greenfield
salaciously adverb
salaciousness noun

Example Sentences

Lady Worsley's Whim, the story of Lady Worsley and her husband Sir Richard Worsley, is also reconstructed from some well-thumbed texts, in this case trial transcripts and newspaper reports of cases of "Criminal Conversation" which became popular eighteenth-century erotica. Charges … were brought by husbands seeking damages from the purported lovers of their supposedly adulterous wives, and the detail, which needed to be explicit, was frequently salacious. Norma Clarke, Times Literary Supplement, 21 Nov. 2008 From snarky political commentary to salacious "memoirs" that flirt with both fact and fiction, scores of bloggers have gotten the book deal boon—with mixed results at the register. Eunice Lee et al., Hyphen, Winter 2007 There's little difference between the junk mail in your mailbox and the junk e-mail that appears on your monitor, except that the e-mail is often of a salacious nature, e.g., the "hot, live XXX action" available at various dark alleyways on the web. Michael Saunders, Boston Globe, 6 Oct.1997 a song with salacious lyrics the salacious Greek god Pan is generally portrayed as having the legs, horns, and ears of a goat
Recent Examples on the Web The joint practices were planned in May, long before the Bucs and Dolphins became embroiled in one of the NFL’s most salacious stories of 2022. Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2022 The accusations centered on the country’s former president, Jacob Zuma, and his associates, and the misdeeds recounted were sprawling and salacious. Ryan Lenora Brown, Washington Post, 22 June 2022 The Steele dossier contained explosive and salacious allegations about Trump, including unproven claims that his campaign worked closely with the Kremlin to defeat Clinton in 2016. Marshall Cohen, CNN, 5 Apr. 2022 Channeling exploitation cinema influences through a decidedly modern lens, the rollicking ’70s-style slasher, in theaters now, oozes smart and salacious thrills under the banner of art-house distributor A24. Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2022 But there, the creators also had a charming, dark sense of humor and an appetite for the salacious, seductive feeling of being thrilled. Daniel D'addario, Variety, 22 Aug. 2022 No critique of our salacious desire for violence could be made credibly by a show whose most recent hour was mainly characters whacking each other with hatchets. Daniel D'addario, Variety, 14 Aug. 2022 What is clear is that the tragic nature of her death, and the salacious intrigue that surrounded it, have helped keep her in the nation’s imagination — and those beguiled by her rise and demise now have more ways than ever to learn about her. Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022 Not everybody lives an over-the-top, salacious life, but for $500 or less anyone can dress the part. Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Latin salac-, salax, from salire to move spasmodically, leap — more at sally

First Known Use

circa 1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of salacious was circa 1645

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