Oscar-winning actor Gregory Peck, star of Roman Holiday and The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, has died, just just days after his character in To Kill a Mockingbird was voted the greatest hero in Hollywood history. He was 87.
The definition of salacious is someone or something that is sexually suggestive. An example of salacious reading material is a porn magazine. 1  Archaic lecherous; lustful.  characterized by an excessive or improper emphasis on sexual matters: a salacious bit of gossip.
Something salacious is full of juicy details â but they're the kind of raunchy, lusty, dirty details you probably don't want to hear. Implying a certain kind of moral looseness, salacious is often used to describe nasty gossip, obscene reports and steamy tales. Salacious things are usually not fit for general public consumption and probably need some kind of parental guidance warning. Think of the tawdry accounts of some politician's affair with a staffer, or a particularly sex-filled reality show on TV.