Salacity

Quick meaning: Salacity is a noun meaning (uncountable) The state or quality of being salacious; lewdness, obscenity, bawdiness.

Meaning

(uncountable) The state or quality of being salacious; lewdness, obscenity, bawdiness.

More Meanings

1. (countable) An act that is salacious, (lewd, obscene or bawdy); a salacious image or piece of writing.

Example Sentences

She had had no experience with this class of individuals whatsoever, and did not know the salacity and humour of the theatrical tribe.

Aristotle gives instance in sparrows, which are parum vivaces ob salacitatem, short-lived because of their salacity, which is very frequent […]

One of the males is sufficient in procreation for seuen or nine of the females, and by that means they are made more fruitful, but if you put them one male to one femal, then will the venereous salacity of the male procure abortment.

The editors of the Unitarian New Version of the New Testament, who very modestly wish to shovel all these spurcities and salacities out of the sacred text, have the impudence to tell us, in a note, that they were interpolated to lessen the odium attached to Christianity […]

Word Forms

• salacities

Synonyms for salacity

Depending on context, synonyms include obscenity, bawdiness, lewdness, salaciousness.

Related Words

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