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Behavior or language bordering on indelicacy
Answer for the clue "Behavior or language bordering on indelicacy ", 8 letters:
raciness
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Word definitions for raciness in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Raciness \Ra"ci*ness\ (r[=a]"s[i^]*n[e^]s), n. The quality of being racy; peculiar and piquant flavor. The general characteristics of his [Cobbett's] style were perspicuity, unequaled and inimitable; . . . a purity always simple, and raciness often ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The property of being racy.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. behavior or language bordering on indelicacy [syn: gaminess , ribaldry , spiciness ]
Usage examples of raciness.
It may be from the film or the street or through any channel, but the proletarian writer deserves credit for giving modern English much of its raciness and colour.
Pisemsky was attracted by their enthusiasm for originality and raciness.
Now, as Rogers watched her, he caught a flash of that raciness and swift mobility, that fluid, protean elasticity of temperament which belonged to the fairy kingdom.