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Added 9 October 2026

salacity

noun

In Latin: salācitās Wiktionary

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The state or quality of being salacious; lewdness, obscenity, bawdiness.
An act that is salacious, (lewd, obscene or bawdy); a salacious image or piece of writing.

Origin

From salac(ious) + -ity, from Latin salācitās (“promoting sexual desire or lust”) (whence -acity), from salāx (“prone to leaping, provocative”), from saliō (“leap, jump, bound”).

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