Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Salaciousness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Strong propensity to venery; lust; lecherousness.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • 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 the trait of behaving in an obscene manner

Etymologies

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From Latin salācītātem, from salāx (“salacious, lustful”) +‎ -ity.

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Examples

  • 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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