The Calling of the Estates General. In late 1788 Necker announced that the meeting of the Estates General would be brought forward to January 1st 1789 (in reality, it didn't meet until May 5th of that year). However, this edict neither defined the form the Estates General would take nor set out how it would be chosen.
hellacious (comparative more hellacious, superlative most hellacious) 1  horrible, awful, hellish, agonizing Dan Horgan; Bringing Back Boxing: A Young Journalist's Attempt to Revive the Sweet Science, pg. 2  nasty, repellent. ( 3 slang) Remarkable, unbelievable, unusual.
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.