Definitions for salacious

salacious sa·la·cious

Spelling: [suh-ley-shuh s]
IPA: /səˈleɪ ʃəs/

Salacious is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 272 anagrams from letters in salacious (aacilossu).

Definitions for salacious

adjective

  1. lustful or lecherous.
  2. (of writings, pictures, etc.) obscene; grossly indecent.

Origin of salacious

1635-45; Latin salāci- (stem of salāx) lustful (derivative of salīre to jump, move spasmodically, spurt; see salient, saltation) +

Examples for salacious

Are we in for another overhyped, overdramatized extravaganza that does little more than feed our appetite for salacious fare?

Is there one who prefers my writings to those of the salacious warbler, the wanton lacivious little Moore?

"It takes a nasty, salacious mind to make that kind of separation," I said.

I mean, calling it that is probably why people are expecting it to be salacious and along the lines of what the book was.

Similarly, the word "salacious," or lustful, had this origin.

He had looked at life with the salacious eyes of a Peeping Tom.

But can this portrait of a city be raw and honest, as well as salacious and sexy?

The dirty details can be multiplied almost indefinitely, and Lee lingers over every salacious story.

The allegations are broad, salacious, and, at times, just plain gross.

"The citizen of Chartres is money-getting, apathetic, and salacious," replied the Abbé Plomb.

Word Value for salacious
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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