salacity

Variant of salacious

salacious definition

sa·la·cious (sə lā′s̸həs)

adjective

  1. lecherous; lustful
  2. obscene; pornographic

Etymology: L salax (gen. salacis) < salire, to leap, (of animals) cover sexually: see salient

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