"salacity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: salacities [plural]
Etymology: salac(ious) + -ity, from Latin salācitās, from salāx (“salacious, lustful”) + -ity. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|salacious|ity|alt1=salac(ious)}} salac(ious) + -ity, {{der|en|la|salācitās}} Latin salācitās, {{suffix|en|salax|ity|alt1=salāx|gloss1=salacious, lustful}} salāx (“salacious, lustful”) + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} salacity (usually uncountable, plural salacities)
  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being salacious; lewdness, obscenity, bawdiness. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the state or quality of being salacious): похотливост (pohotlivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), iharus (Estonian), salacité [feminine] (French), salacità [feminine] (Italian), salācitās [feminine] (Latin), salacidade [feminine] (Portuguese), salacidad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-salacity-en-noun-Vx5cnPB4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'the state or quality of being salacious': 95 5
  2. (countable) An act that is salacious, (lewd, obscene or bawdy); a salacious image or piece of writing. Tags: countable, usually Translations (a salacious act): вулгарност (vulgarnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-salacity-en-noun-RVyRRPNR Disambiguation of 'a salacious act': 35 65

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