| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sa·la·cious |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s -l  shs |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Appealing to or stimulating sexual desire; lascivious. 2. Lustful; bawdy. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Latin salx, salc-, fond of leaping, lustful, from sal re, to leap. See sel- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | sa·lacious·ly —ADVERB
sa·lacious·ness, sa·laci·ty (s-l s -t ) —NOUN
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