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salacious

/səˈleɪ.ʃəs/
Meanings
  • adjective

    Relating to or involving lust or sensuality, especially in a crude or morally degrading way.

    - "The salacious novel was a best-seller."
    - "His salacious behavior was unacceptable."
Pronunciation
  1. /səˈleɪ.ʃəs/



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Synonyms

ardent , dirty , hot , lubricious
Rhymes
Words rhyming with salacious
calmous , halous , malicious , palatious
Variants
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salacious , salaciously , salaciousness , salaciousnesses
Etymology
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From Latin salax, 'lustful, wanton'.

Trivia
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  1. The term 'salacious' was first used in English literature in the 16th century.

  2. The word 'salacious' comes from the Latin word 'salax', which means 'lustful' or 'wanton'.

Related Concepts
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  1. obscene: Obscene material is sexually explicit and offensive, often intended to shock or arouse. Salacious material can be considered a subcategory of obscene material.

  2. pornography: Pornography is sexually explicit material designed for arousal. Salacious material can be considered a type of pornography.

Quotes
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  1. {it}Lady Worsley's Whim{/it}, 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,{it}Times Literary Supplement{/it},21 Nov. 2008

  2. 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.,{it}Hyphen{/it},Winter 2007

  3. 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,{it}Boston Globe{/it},6 Oct.1997
Culture
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The term 'salacious' has been used in various forms of media and literature to describe content that is sexually explicit or suggestive. It can be found in genres such as erotica, pornography, and tabloid journalism. In some cases, it can be used in a derogatory or judgmental way to criticize such content.

How to Memorize "salacious"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize a person or situation that is described as salacious. Consider the crude or morally degrading aspects of lust or sensuality.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'salacious' with crude or morally degrading lust or sensuality. Consider the implications of using the word in a derogatory way.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each word in 'Salacious' - 'Sensational, Arousing, Lustful, Audacious, Crude, Obscene, Suggestive'.

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