illicitness
noun
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noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English illicit Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English illicitness From illicit + -ness.
- The characteristic of being illicit.
“All of that — the appeal, the access, the illicitness of cigarettes — was by design.”