Raciness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Raciness \Ra"ci*ness\ (r[=a]"s[i^]*n[e^]s), n.
     The quality of being racy; peculiar and piquant flavor.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The general characteristics of his [Cobbett's] style
           were perspicuity, unequaled and inimitable; . . . a


           purity always simple, and raciness often elegant.
                                                    --London
                                                    Times.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  raciness
       n : behavior or language bordering on indelicacy [syn: {gaminess},
            {ribaldry}, {spiciness}]