salacious

[[t]səle͟ɪʃəs[/t]]

ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n

If you describe something such as a book or joke as salacious, you think that it deals with sexual matters in an unnecessarily detailed way.

The newspapers once again filled their columns with salacious details.

...a wildly salacious novel.

Syn:

prurient

Derived words:

salaciousness N-UNCOUNT

The book is written without a hint of salaciousness.