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salacity |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Salacity \Sa*lac"i*ty\, n. [L. salacitas: cf F. salacit['e]] Strong propensity to venery; lust; lecherousness. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: salacity n : the trait of behaving in an obscene manner [syn: {obscenity}, {lewdness}, {bawdiness}, {salaciousness}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: SALACITY, n. A certain literary quality frequently observed in popular novels, especially in those written by women and young girls, who give it another name and think that in introducing it they are occupying a neglected field of letters and reaping an overlooked harvest. If they have the misfortune to live long enough they are tormented with a desire to burn their sheaves.
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