salacity
noun
sa·lac·i·ty
\səˈlasətē, -asətē, -aas-, -i\
Definition of salacity
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: the quality or state of being salacious : salaciousness handled sex in his novels with a mere suggestion of salacity
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Origin and Etymology of salacity
Middle French or Latin; Middle French salacité, from Latin salacitat-, salacitas, from salac-, salax + -itat-, -itas -ity
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