noun
- the quality of being lustful or lecherous; excessive interest in sexual matters
Usage: formal; often considered offensive
Examples
- The critic condemned the novel’s salacity and lack of literary merit.
- The comedian’s salacity made many audience members uncomfortable.
- The film was criticized for its gratuitous salacity.
- Medieval moralists often wrote against the salacity of court life.
- The publisher rejected the manuscript due to its excessive salacity.