salacity
salacity · salacities
The state or quality of being salaciousThe state or quality of being salacious; lewdness, obscenity, bawdiness.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)The state or quality of being salacious; lewdness, obscenity, bawdiness.
(countable, usually)An act that is salacious, (lewd, obscene or bawdy); a salacious image or piece of writing.
More definitions
- the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
From salac(ious) + -ity, from Latin salācitās (“promoting sexual desire or lust”) (whenceFrom salac(ious) + -ity, from Latin salācitās (“promoting sexual desire or lust”) (whence -acity), from salāx (“prone to leaping, provocative”), from saliō (“leap, jump, bound”).
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Forms
plural: salacities| Singular | salacity |
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Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- the trait of behaving in an obscene manner:obscenitylewdnessbawdinesssalaciousness
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedsalacious
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable