salacious Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite characterized by lust
    lustful; prurient; lubricious.
    • 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
  2. adjective satellite suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
    lewd; obscene; raunchy.
    • lewd whisperings of a dirty old man
    • an indecent gesture
    • obscene telephone calls
    • salacious limericks

WordNet

Sa*la"cious noun
Etymology
L. salax, -acis, fond of leaping, lustful, fr. salire to leap. See Salient.
Definitions
  1. Having a propensity to venery; lustful; lecherous. Dryden. -- Sa*la"cious*ly, adv. -- Sa*la"cious*ness, n.

Webster 1913