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The trait of behaving in an obscene manner
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salaciousness
Word definitions for salaciousness in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the trait of behaving in an obscene manner [syn: obscenity , lewdness , bawdiness , salacity ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state or characteristic of being salacious.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Salacious \Sa*la"cious\, n. [L. salax, -acis, fond of leaping, lustful, fr. salire to leap. See Salient .] Having a propensity to venery; lustful; lecherous. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] -- Sa*la"cious*ly , adv. -- Sa*la"cious*ness , n.
Usage examples of salaciousness.
But even those wild memories of his mad youth left him unmoved, just as during his last debauch he had exhausted his quota of salaciousness and all he had left was the marvelous gift of being able to remember it without bitterness or repentance.