salacity

Etymology

From Latin salācītātem, from salāx (“salacious, lustful”) +‎ -ity.

Noun

salacity (usually uncountable, plural salacities)

1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being salacious; lewdness, obscenity, bawdiness.
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):
     , II.ii.2:

     Aristotle gives instance in sparrows, which are parum vivaces ob salacitatem, short-lived because of their salacity, which is very frequent […].

2. (countable) An act which is salacious, (lewd, obscene or bawdy).