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   salacious

   /səˈleɪʃəs/

   adjective

   • 1. having or conveying undue or inappropriate interest in sexual matters: "salacious stories" Similar pornographicobsceneindecentimproperindelicatecrudelewderotictitillatingarousingsuggestivesexyrisquécoarsevulgargrossdirtyribaldsmuttyfilthybawdyearthycorruptingexploitativeprurientimmoraloff colournastyadultX-ratedtriple-XXXXlowhardcoresoft-coreinformal:pornpornoblueskinrare:rank

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Latin salax, salac- (from salire ‘to leap’) + -ious.

   Derivatives

   • 1. salaciously adverb
   • 2. salaciousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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