Salacious (Adjective)

Definition 1: Arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination; lewd, lascivious.

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Usage 1: We like the cleanness of "salacity" [sê-'læ-si-tee] for the noun but note that the clumsier "salaciousness" is used more frequently.

Suggested usage: If you do not want to use "pornography" around the house, you may refer to it as "salacious material" in front of the kids. Of course, if they read your Word of the Day, their vocabulary may keep up with yours. "Her dress went beyond sexy; it was positively salacious," is the way to express your displeasure over suggestive clothing. Of course, it is probably most widely used in describing behavior: "Her tongue circled her lips so salaciously Ben's jaw dropped and his knife fell into his wine glass."

Etymology: Latin salac-, salax "fond of leaping, especially of male animals" from salire "to leap, spring, bound, jump, hop." The same verb gave French saillie "a sally, rush foward" and English verb "sally (forth)." Unrelated to "Sally (Ann)," the British nickname for the Salvation Army and particularly its hostels. Add the preposition ad "to, at" and we get "assail" from Latin assalire "to jump on/at."

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