Dictionary entry

Salacious

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Sa‐la″cious (?), n. [L. salax, -acis, fond of leaping, lustful, fr. salire to leap. See Salient.] Having a propensity to venery; lustful; lecherous. Dryden.

— Sa‐la″cious‐ly, adv. — Sa‐la″cious‐ness, n.