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salaciousness
sa·la·cious S0035800 (sə-lā′shəs)adj.1. Appealing to or stimulating sexual desire: salacious reading material.2. Characterized by or indicating sexual desire; lustful: a salacious wink.
[From Latin salāx, salāc-, fond of leaping, lustful, from salīre, to leap; see sel- in Indo-European roots.]
sa·la′cious·ly adv.sa·la′cious·ness, sa·lac′i·ty (sə-lăs′ĭ-tē) n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  salaciousness - the trait of behaving in an obscene mannerbawdiness, lewdness, obscenity, salacityindecency - the quality of being indecentsmuttiness, dirtiness - obscenity in speech or writing |
Translationssalacitédissolutezzasalacitàsalacious (redirected from salaciousness)
salacious A poetic (i.e., non-medical) adjective referring to sexual arousal, in particular with an element of or basis in indecency or lechery.salaciousS00-830900 (sĕ-lā′shŭs) [L. salax, lustful] Lustful or inciting to lust.References in periodicals archivePerchard: The project is to de-romanticize the drug-taking salaciousness that constitutes the bulk of jazz biography, so the trick here will be to talk about what is actually a more grimy and gossip-worthy world than previously revealed, but without a corresponding rise in tittle-tattle.Mapping and re-membering hip hop history, hiphopography and African diasporic historyIn the current study, we examined whether the salaciousness of the alibi activities affects believability.Alibi believability: the impact of salacious alibi activitiesNor, of course, does she tell us of Burne-Jones' devastating love affair with the sultry Anglo-Greek artist Maria Zambaco, although Georgiana allusively observes, in a turn of phrase that would have made Wilde jealous, how 'Two things had tremendous power over him--beauty and misfortune--and far would he go to serve either.' MacCarthy reveals considerably more, but implicit is her belief that quotations and facts should speak for themselves; the result is an absence of salaciousness or vulgar sensationalism.Beyond beauty: Mark Stocker applauds a brilliantly researched and vivid biography of Edward Burne-Joneswould also follow from the immoral salaciousness that would ensue, onceModernity's "New Women": visual culture and gender play in 1890s AustraliaThus, there's an urgency to many of the pieces included in True Confessions that is at odds with the cheeky salaciousness of the title.But are they any good?Many have observed the salaciousness of the censor; the leering, suggestive ebullience that can accompany a vigorous censorship campaign.To catch a predatorI would add that salaciousness is also in the eye of the beholder.LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAGToo many of us have winked in amusement at the salaciousness without considering the larger corruption of journalism and politics promulgated by Murdoch Culture on both sides
of the Atlantic.Murdoch's Watergate?Before the old men can pursue their salaciousness any further, Melanie, Wooten's widow, interrupts them."He tossed his line out grimly": Barry Hannah's literary parablesAgain a blank stave is given, and the re-created nun is to sing from Psalms 128:1; the Latin translates to "often they have overcome me in my youth." An audience member trained in Latin would perhaps get the joke immediately, but for the laity in the audience, Infidelity explains the salaciousness:Music and religious compromise in John Bale's playsThen, of course, there's the Fourth Estate, the gentleman of Her Majesty's media, for whom the combination of salaciousness and moral outrage represents the perfect readall-about-it storm.Long road to redemptionsalaciousness
Related to salaciousness: house of cardsSynonyms for salaciousnessnoun the trait of behaving in an obscene mannerSynonyms- bawdiness
- lewdness
- obscenity
- salacity
Related Words- indecency
- smuttiness
- dirtiness
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