salacity

salacity
index debauchery, obscenity, pornography

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  • Salacity — Sa*lac i*ty, n. [L. salacitas: cf. F. salacit[ e]] Strong propensity to venery; lust; lecherousness. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • salacity — noun a) The state or quality of being salacious; lewdness, obscenity, bawdiness. Aristotle gives instance in sparrows, which are parum vivaces ob salacitatem, short lived because of their salacity, which is very frequent [...]. b) An act which is …   Wiktionary

  • salacity — See salaciously. * * * …   Universalium

  • salacity — n. lustfulness, state of being filled with sexual desire; quality of promoting sexual desire, lasciviousness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • salacity — sa·lac·i·ty …   English syllables

  • salacity — noun the trait of behaving in an obscene manner • Syn: ↑obscenity, ↑lewdness, ↑bawdiness, ↑salaciousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑salacious, ↑salacious (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Theodore Schroeder — (1864 ndash;February 10, 1953) was a controversial author who wrote on issues pertaining to freedom of expression. cite web author = year = url =http://www.lib.umich.edu/spec coll/ishill/schroedr.html title =University of Michigan format = work …   Wikipedia

  • bawdiness — noun the trait of behaving in an obscene manner • Syn: ↑obscenity, ↑lewdness, ↑salaciousness, ↑salacity • Derivationally related forms: ↑salacious (for: ↑salacity), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • lewdness — noun the trait of behaving in an obscene manner • Syn: ↑obscenity, ↑bawdiness, ↑salaciousness, ↑salacity • Derivationally related forms: ↑salacious (for: ↑salacity), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • salaciousness — noun the trait of behaving in an obscene manner • Syn: ↑obscenity, ↑lewdness, ↑bawdiness, ↑salacity • Derivationally related forms: ↑salacious (for: ↑salacity), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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