salaciousness

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English salacious 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 salaciousness From salacious + -ness.

1. The state or characteristic of being salacious.

   “The cock, from his salaciousness, is allowed to be a short lived animal; but how long these birds live, if left to themselves, is not yet well ascertained by any historian.”

   “[…] he began a tale which cannot be retold here, but which delighted the boys as much by its salaciousness as by its vivacity.”