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    salacity
    /səˈlasɪti/

    noun

    • 1. the expression of undue or inappropriate interest in sexual matters; salaciousness: dated "you have to learn to tame your salacity"

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  2. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › salacitySalacity - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    noun. the trait of behaving in an obscene manner. synonyms: bawdiness, lewdness, obscenity, salaciousness. see more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › salacitySalacity Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Take the quiz. The meaning of SALACITY is the quality or state of being salacious : salaciousness. How to use salacity in a sentence.

  4. www.thefreedictionary.com › salacitySalacity - definition of salacity by The Free Dictionary

    Define salacity. salacity synonyms, salacity pronunciation, salacity translation, English dictionary definition of salacity. adj. 1. Appealing to or stimulating sexual desire: salacious reading material. 2. Characterized by or indicating sexual desire; lustful: a salacious wink....

  5. www.yourdictionary.com › salacitySalacity Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

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

  6. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › salacitysalacity - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Oct 24, 2023 · salacity (usually uncountable, plural salacities) ( uncountable) The state or quality of being salacious; lewdness, obscenity, bawdiness . ( countable) An act that is salacious, ( lewd, obscene or bawdy ); a salacious image or piece of writing.

  7. www.oed.com › dictionary › salacity_nsalacity, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English ...

    The earliest known use of the noun salacity is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for salacity is from 1605, in the writing of Andrew Willet, Church of England clergyman and religious controversialist. salacity is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin salācītāt-em. See etymology.

  8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSALACIOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    adjective. us / səˈleɪ·ʃəs / Add to word list. causing or showing too much interest in sexual matters. (Definition of salacious from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of salacious? Translations of salacious. in Chinese (Traditional) 淫穢的, 好色的, 淫蕩的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified)

  9. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › salaciousSalacious Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    1. : arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination. salacious headlines. salacious lyrics. 2. : lecherous, lustful. … have fiercely denounced the book's sketches of melodramatic lovers and salacious partygoers … Casey Greenfield. salaciously adverb. salaciousness noun. Synonyms. concupiscent. goatish. horny. hot. hypersexual. itchy.

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    Definition of salacity in English:. cite. salacity

  11. www.wordreference.com › definition › salacitysalacity - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

    having an excessive interest in sex. (of books, magazines, etc) erotic, bawdy, or lewd. Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin salax fond of leaping, from salīre to leap. saˈlaciously adv saˈlaciousness, salacity /səˈlæsɪtɪ/ n. 'salacity' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations): salacious.