- salaciousness
- noun see salacious
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
salaciousness
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salaciousness — index obscenity, pornography Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
salaciousness — salacious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having or conveying undue or indecent interest in sexual matters. DERIVATIVES salaciously adverb salaciousness noun. ORIGIN from Latin salax, from salire to leap … English terms dictionary
Salaciousness — Salacious Sa*la cious, n. [L. salax, acis, fond of leaping, lustful, fr. salire to leap. See {Salient}.] Having a propensity to venery; lustful; lecherous. Dryden. [1913 Webster] {Sa*la cious*ly}, adv. {Sa*la cious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
salaciousness — See salaciously. * * * … Universalium
salaciousness — noun The state or characteristic of being salacious. Syn: bawdiness, indecency, lasciviousness, lewdness … Wiktionary
salaciousness — sa la·cious·ness || sÉ™ leɪʃəsnɪs n. lustfulness, state of being filled with sexual desire; quality of promoting sexual desire, lasciviousness … English contemporary dictionary
salaciousness — sa·la·cious·ness … English syllables
salaciousness — noun the trait of behaving in an obscene manner • Syn: ↑obscenity, ↑lewdness, ↑bawdiness, ↑salacity • Derivationally related forms: ↑salacious (for: ↑salacity), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
salacious — [[t]səle͟ɪʃəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe something such as a book or joke as salacious, you think that it deals with sexual matters in an unnecessarily detailed way. The newspapers once again filled their columns with salacious… … English dictionary
bawdiness — noun the trait of behaving in an obscene manner • Syn: ↑obscenity, ↑lewdness, ↑salaciousness, ↑salacity • Derivationally related forms: ↑salacious (for: ↑salacity), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
