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noun
The state or quality of being salacious; lewdness, obscenity, bawdiness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An act that is salacious, (lewd, obscene or bawdy); a salacious image or piece of writing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
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noun
the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: obscenity, lewdness, bawdiness, salaciousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: indecency
Narrower terms: smuttiness, dirtiness
History
From salac(ious) + -ity, from Latin salācitās (“promoting sexual desire or lust”) (whence -acity), from salāx (“prone to leaping, provocative”), from saliō (“leap, jump, bound”).
Across languages
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