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abandoned

English

Etymology

From Middle English abandoned, equivalent to abandon +? -ed.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??bæn.dn?d/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /??bæn.dn?d/

Adjective

abandoned (comparative more abandoned, superlative most abandoned)

  1. Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked. [First attested from 1350 to 1470]
  2. No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted. [Late 15th century]
  3. Free from constraint; uninhibited. [Late 17th century]
  4. (geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • abandonedness

Translations

Verb

abandoned

  1. simple past tense and past participle of abandon

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salacious

English

Etymology

Derived from Latin sal?x, sal?cis (provocative, lustful) +? -ious.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s??le?.??s/
  • Rhymes: -e???s

Adjective

salacious (comparative more salacious, superlative most salacious)

  1. Promoting sexual desire or lust.
  2. Lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd.

Synonyms

  • ardent, hot, dirty, lubricious

Derived terms

  • salaciously
  • salaciousness

Related terms

  • salacity

Translations

Anagrams

  • isocausal

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