Hypertext Webster Gateway: "salacious"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Salacious \Sa*la"cious\, n. [L. salax, -acis, fond of leaping,
lustful, fr. salire to leap. See {Salient}.]
Having a propensity to venery; lustful; lecherous. --Dryden.
-- {Sa*la"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Sa*la"cious*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
salacious
adj 1: characterized by lust; "eluding the lubricious embraces of
her employer"; "her sensuous grace roused his lustful
nature"; "prurient literature"; "prurient thoughts";
"a salacious rooster of a little man" [syn: {lubricious},
{lustful}, {prurient}]
2: suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd
whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture";
"obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" [syn: {lewd},
{obscene}]
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