Salaciousness

Quick meaning: Salaciousness is a noun meaning The state or characteristic of being salacious.

Meaning

The state or characteristic of being salacious.

Example Sentences

[…] he began a tale which cannot be retold here, but which delighted the boys as much by its salaciousness as by its vivacity.

[…] he actually used the word erotic, snagging his tongue on it as though the salaciousness of the syllables themselves was enough to arouse him […]

I giggle with the most revolting salaciousness over La Vie Parisienne, when I get hold of one in Chicago, yet I shouldn’t even try to hold your hand.

The cock, from his salaciousness, is allowed to be a short lived animal; but how long these birds live, if left to themselves, is not yet well ascertained by any historian.

Word Forms

• salaciousnesses

Synonyms for salaciousness

Depending on context, synonyms include bawdiness, indecency, lasciviousness, lewdness, salacity, obscenity.

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Related dictionary entries include salacity, lewdness, bawdiness, obscenity, saltness, lasciviousness.

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