salacious

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Prurient, salacious, and gratuitous stories are unfair to both the accused and the accuser.

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  1. adjective Appealing to or stimulating sexual desire; lascivious.
  2. adjective Lustful; bawdy.

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lecherous ·  lascivious ·  libidinous ·  unchaste ·  lustful ·  prurient ·  bawdy ·  impish ·  ruttish ·  conspiratorial ·  rakish ·  nonwhite
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  1. From Latin salāx, salāc-, fond of leaping, lustful, from salīre, to leap; see sel- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin salax(-ac-), disposed to leap, lustful, from salire, leap: see sail, salient.
 

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/səˈleɪʃəs/
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