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Lascious vs Salacious - What's the difference?

lascious | salacious |

As adjectives the difference between lascious and salacious

is that lascious is (obsolete) loose; lascivious while salacious is promoting sexual desire or lust.

lascious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) loose; lascivious
    • To depaint lascious wantonness. — Holland.
    (Webster 1913)

    salacious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Promoting sexual desire or lust.
  • Lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd.

    • Synonyms

    * ardent, hot, dirty, lubricious

    Derived terms

    * salaciousness