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Word of the day:Salacious

Salacious:Pronunciation:\s?-?l?-sh?s\

Function: adjective
Etymology:Latin salac-,salax, from salire to move spasmodically,leap — more at sally
Date:circa 1645

1 : arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination : lascivious
2 : lecherous,lustful

— sa·la·cious·ly adverb

— sa·la·cious·ness noun

Synonyms:bawdy,carnal,erotic,fast,horny,hot,indecent,lecherous,lewd,libertine,libidinous,licentious,lubricious,lustful,nasty,obscene,orgiastic,prurient,raunchy,sensual,smutty,steamy,suggestive,voluptuous,wanton

Word Origin &History
1661,from L. salax  (gen. salacis ) “lustful,”probably originally “fond of leaping,”as in a male animal leaping on a female in sexual advances,from salire  ”to leap”(see salient). Earliest form of the word in Eng. is salacity  (1605).

References

“salacious.”Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2010.  Merriam-Webster Online. 28 May 2010.  <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salacious>

“salacious.”Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus,Third Edition. Philip Lief Group 2009. 27 May. 2010. <Thesaurus.com http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/salacious>.

“salacious.”Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper,Historian. 27 May. 2010. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/salacious>.

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May 28th,2010 | Category:Word of the Day

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