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Definition of Salaciousness
1. Noun. The trait of behaving in an obscene manner.
Generic synonyms: Indecency
Specialized synonyms: Dirtiness, Smuttiness
Derivative terms: Bawdy, Lewd, Obscene, Obscene, Salacious, Salacious, Salacious, Salacious
Definition of Salaciousness
1. Noun. The state or characteristic of being salacious. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Salaciousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Salaciousness
Literary usage of Salaciousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1892)
"On questioning the passive agent regarding this form of salaciousness, she averred
that if a woman once copulated with a dog she would ever thereafter ..."
2. A Book of Operas: Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music by Henry Edward Krehbiel (1919)
"But there is a moral purpose underlying the comedy which to some extent justifies
its frank salaciousness. It is to prevent the Count from exercising an ..."
3. A Second Book of Operas: Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music by Henry Edward Krehbiel (1917)
"But there is a moral purpose underlying the comedy which to some extent justifies
its frank salaciousness. It is to prevent the Count from exercising an ..."
4. A Practical treatise on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of sexual by William Josephus Robinson (1913)
"De gustibus non est disputandum, but I do not like useless padding, and I detest
useless salaciousness. One word about the language. ..."
5. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent, John Erskine, Stuart Pratt Sherman, Carl Van Doren (1921)
"... narratives, nicely skirting salaciousness, of "fast" New York; affectionate,
idealized portrayals, as in the work of James Lane Allen for Kentucky, ..."
6. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent (1921)
"... narratives, nicely skirting salaciousness, of "fast" New York; affectionate,
idealized portrayals, as in the work of James Lane Allen for Kentucky, ..."
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