salaciousadj.
/səˈleɪʃəs/, U.S. /səˈleɪʃəs/ 1. Lustful, lecherous; sexually wanton.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adjective] > lecherous
lecherous1303
lickerous1377
cocky1549
cockish?1555
lickering1578
codding1594
salt1598
lickerish1599
rewish1617
tentiginous1631
liquorsome1656
salacious1661
lechering1693
horny1889
horn-mad1893
tomcat1899
whorehopping1954
1661 O. Felltham Lett. x. 74 in Resolves (rev. ed.) If you remember how you have seen the salacious and devouring Sparrow beat out the harmless Marten from his nest.
1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 101 Pigeons, Poultry, and other Salacious Corn-fed Birds.
a1704 T. Brown Satyr against Woman in Wks. (1707) I. i. 81 Let every Man thou seest give new Desires And not one quench the rank salatious Fires.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 3 Animals of the hare kind..are remarkably salacious.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 736 A disorder of the spinal marrow, incident to persons of a salacious disposition.
1865 Sat. Rev. 28 Jan. 101 The perusal of the amatory diaries and salacious confession of incipient guilt.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 992 Its [i.e. arsenic's] more immediate effect on the system is to make the people lively, combative and salacious.
2. Tending to provoke lust. rare.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [adjective] > aphrodisiac
salacious1647
aphrodisiac1748
entatic1822
aphrodisiacal1959
1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 82 Which makes fish more salacious commonly, then flesh.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 102 Feed him with Herbs..Of generous warmth; and of salacious kind. View more context for this quotation
1769 J. Hall-Stevenson Yorick's Sentimental Journey Continued IV. 26 It is well known..that turtle is very salacious food.
Derivatives
saˈlaciously adv.
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1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Salaciously, lecherously; lustfully.
saˈlaciousness n.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun]
lustc1000
goleheada1325
luxury1340
luxurec1374
concupiscencec1386
gigletrya1387
nicetya1387
flesh-lusta1400
lovereda1400
sensualities1477
lascivity1490
lubricitya1492
libidinosity1509
luxuriousness1542
veneriousness1547
rammishness1552
luxe1558
ustion1559
lustinessa1575
luxurity1576
lusting1580
by-lusting1583
lasciviousness1590
lusciousness1594
epithymy1600
concupiscency1608
libidinousness1611
lustfulness1611
concupiscentiality1612
rampancy1652
venereousness1659
ustulation1660
lasciviency1664
salaciousness1727
lech1796
lustihood1798
randinessc1890
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Salaciousness, Salacity, Lechery, Lustfulness.
1812 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 68 509 His frequent salaciousness is an aroma, disgusting to the pure and corruptive of the temperate taste.
1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 564 Small doses do cause evident salaciousness and irritation of the genital organs.
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