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salacity

The origin and history of salacity.

Etymology

Formed from salac(ious) + -ity; this in turn goes back to Latin salācitās (“promoting sexual desire or lust”) (the source of -acity), from salāx (“prone to leaping, provocative”), from saliō (“leap, jump, bound”).

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