Hypertext Webster Gateway: "salaciousness"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Salacious \Sa*la"cious\, n. [L. salax, -acis, fond of leaping,
lustful, fr. salire to leap. See {Salient}.]
Having a propensity to venery; lustful; lecherous. --Dryden.
-- {Sa*la"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Sa*la"cious*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

salaciousness
n : the trait of behaving in an obscene manner [syn: {obscenity},
{lewdness}, {bawdiness}, {salacity}]


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