Having a propensity to venery; lustful; lecherous.
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Webster 1828 Edition
Salacious
SALA'CIOUS
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Adj.
[L. salax, from the root of sal, salt; the primary sense of which is shooting, penetrating, pungent, coinciding probably with L. salio, to leap. Salacious then is highly excited, or prompt to leap.] Lustful; lecherous.