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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
salacious /səˈleɪʃəs/

▶adjective having or conveying undue or indecent interest in sexual matters.

– derivatives
salaciously adverb,
salaciousness noun.

– origin C17: from L. salax, salac- (from salire ‘to leap’) + -ious.

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