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Salacious vs Luscious - What's the difference?

salacious | luscious |

As adjectives the difference between salacious and luscious

is that salacious is promoting sexual desire or lust while luscious is sweet and pleasant; delicious.

salacious

English

Adjective

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

    • Synonyms

    * ardent, hot, dirty, lubricious

    Derived terms

    * salaciousness

    luscious

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • sweet and pleasant; delicious
  • * 1863 , H.S. Thompson, Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden
    • Her lips were like two luscious beefsteaks
  • * 1900 , L. Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz
    • There were lovely patches of greensward all about, with stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits.
  • sexually appealing; seductive
  • * 1749 , John Cleland, Memoirs of Fanny Hill: A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text
    • With one hand he gently disclosed the lips of that luscious mouth of nature
  • obscene
  • * 1749 , John Cleland, Memoirs of Fanny Hill: A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text
    • Hitherto I had been indebted only to the girls of the house for the corruption of my innocence: their luscious talk, in which modesty was far from respected