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The trait of behaving in an obscene manner
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salacity
Word definitions for salacity in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Salacity \Sa*lac"i*ty\, n. [L. salacitas: cf. F. salacit['e Strong propensity to venery; lust; lecherousness.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the trait of behaving in an obscene manner [syn: obscenity , lewdness , bawdiness , salaciousness ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state or quality of being salacious; lewdness, obscenity, bawdiness. 2 (context countable English) An act which is salacious, (lewd, obscene or bawdy).
Usage examples of salacity.
Porta was silent, which shows that there is more than just salacity in the world.
Geneva was glad enough to chaunt through the nose his translations of the Psalms, but it was woefully puzzled at his salacity, and the town was very soon too hot to hold him in his exile.
Brendan started to detect a half-conscious salacity in the native fixation.
Yunsaymis and Tuisto had just gone and it seemed likely that Dyphnawho in any case lacked the salacity so much valued by the High Counselorwould soon be putting up the money to buy her freedom.
To her his vulgarity, cruelty and salacity were offset by another qualityhis enormous capacity for enjoymenttogether with the knowledge that she herself was what he particularly liked.
With subtle salacity they sent signals to him, with their mouths, their eyelashes, their tongues.