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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: salax 'liking to jump, full of sexual desire', from salire 'to jump'

salacious

 adjective
     
sa‧la‧cious formal
showing too much interest in sex:
the media's love of salacious gossip
—salaciously adverb
—salaciousness noun [uncountable]
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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