Salacity

3 definitions found

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

  Salacity \Sa*lac"i*ty\, n. [L. salacitas: cf. F. salacit['e]]
     Strong propensity to venery; lust; lecherousness.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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.