salacious

English

WOTD – 14 November 2011

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /səˈleɪʃəs/
Audio (AU) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

Adjective

salacious (comparative more salacious, superlative most salacious)

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

Translations

promoting sexual desire or lust

Esperanto: voluptiga
Finnish: hekumallinen
French: salace (fr)
German: anzüglich (de), aufreizend (de), heiß (de), schlüpfrig (de)
Hungarian: érzéki (hu)
Italian: salace (it) n

Latin: salax
Portuguese: fogoso (pt)
Romanian: înflăcărat (ro)
Russian: похотли́вый (ru) (poxotlívyj), сладостра́стный (ru) (sladostrástnyj), распу́тный (ru) (raspútnyj)
Spanish: salaz
Ukrainian: хтивий (uk) (xtývyj), похітливий (uk) (poxitlývyj)

lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd

French: salace (fr)
German: lüstern (de), schmutzig (de)
Hungarian: pikáns (hu)

Latin: salax
Romanian: lasciv (ro), obscen (ro)
Russian: вульга́рный (ru) (vulʹgárnyj), непристо́йный (ru) (nepristójnyj)

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Translations to be checked

French: salace

Spanish: salaz

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