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salacity|səˈlæsɪtɪ|
[ad. L. salācītāt-em, f. salāc-, salax (see salacious). Cf. F. salacité.]
The quality or condition of being salacious; lustfulness, lecherousness, sexual wantonness.
1605Willet Hexapla Gen. 333 The salacitie and wantonnes of their nation. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. ii. ii. i. ii. 317 Sparrows, which are..short liued because of their salacity. 1675Evelyn Terra (1729) 6 Some Earths appear to be totally barren, and some though not altogether so unfruitful, yet wanting Salacity to conceive. 1769E. Bancroft Guiana 385 Lepers are notorious for their salacity and longevity. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 485 Morbid salacity is no uncommon cause of madness. 1884World 20 Aug. 9/2 The Oxford fellow whose conversation..was traversed by a vein of salacity. 1903Sat. Rev. 4 Apr. 428/1 A reading of this book inspires us with a fear lest French salacity is to be paraded in the English tongue. |