Antonyms for salacity


Grammar : Noun
Spell : suh-ley-shuhs
Phonetic Transcription : səˈleɪ ʃəs


Definition of salacity

Origin :
  • 1660s, from Latin salax (genitive salacis) "lustful," probably originally "fond of leaping," as in a male animal leaping on a female in sexual advances, from salire "to leap" (see salient (adj.)). Earliest form of the word in English is salacity (c.1600). Related: Salaciously; salaciousness.
  • As in lust : noun appetite, passion
  • As in obscenity : noun indecency, immorality; vulgarism
  • As in lewdness : noun indecency
  • As in libidinousness : noun desire
  • As in lustfulness : noun desire
  • As in profaneness : noun obscenity
  • As in prurience : noun desire
  • As in pruriency : noun desire
  • As in raunch : noun obscenity
  • As in raunchiness : noun obscenity
  • As in ribaldry : noun obscenity
  • As in scatology : noun obscenity
  • As in scurrility : noun obscenity
  • As in scurrilousness : noun obscenity
  • As in smuttiness : noun obscenity
  • As in swearword : noun obscenity
  • As in vulgarness : noun obscenity
  • As in desire : noun want, longing
Example sentences :
  • While speaking, he busied himself in accordance with his salacity.
  • Extract from : « Eastern Shame Girl » by Charles Georges Souli
  • Salacity once aroused, even in a minister, allows no room for reason or for conscience.
  • Extract from : « Plain Facts for Old and Young » by John Harvey Kellogg

Synonyms for salacity

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