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salacity - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun
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noun uncountable The state or quality of being salacious ; lewdness , obscenity , bawdiness .noun countable An act which is salacious (lewd , obscene or bawdy ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun
Etymologies
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From Latin salācītātem , from salāx (“salacious, lustful”) + -ity .
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Aristotle gives instance in sparrows, which are parum vivaces ob salacitatem, [2990] short lived because of their salacity , which is very frequent, as
Anatomy of Melancholy 2007
Mr. Hendrickson handles this material sympathetically and intelligently, and entirely without salacity .
The Slow Crack-Up Allan Massie 2011
It was a paltry and pathetic little library of flagellation, titillation and salacity , incapable, he thought, of stimulating any emotion beyond ennui and vague disgust.
She Closed Her Eyes 2010
In this astonishingly fine and serious book, which by no means skips the elements of scandal and salacity , Zachary Leader has struck a near-ideal balance between the life and the work, and has traced the filiations between the two without any strain or pretension.
One Fraught Englishman 2007
In this astonishingly fine and serious book, which by no means skips the elements of scandal and salacity , Zachary Leader has struck a near-ideal balance between the life and the work, and has traced the filiations between the two without any strain or pretension.
One Fraught Englishman 2007
In this astonishingly fine and serious book, which by no means skips the elements of scandal and salacity , Zachary Leader has struck a near-ideal balance between the life and the work, and has traced the filiations between the two without any strain or pretension.
One Fraught Englishman 2007
Or English public schools! imposing the stain of salacity on perfectly decent old English words like “gay”
Culture War By Proxy Sean 2008
To be honest, I think bloggerheadstv is self-indulgent salacity .
"I like to attack Democrats. He likes to present a united front with Democrats." Ann Althouse 2006
If you really want to argue about it, shoot me an email so that the other posters don't have to slog through this self-indulgent salacity ...
"I like to attack Democrats. He likes to present a united front with Democrats." Ann Althouse 2006
She had had no experience with this class of individuals whatsoever, and did not know the salacity and humour of the theatrical tribe.
Sister Carrie 2004
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