raciness

English

Etymology

racy +‎ -ness

Noun

raciness (countable and uncountable, plural racinesses)

The property of being racy.
- 1938, Cornelius Weygandt, Philadelphia Folks: Ways and Institutions in and about the Quaker City, page 20:
  The substitution of “Memorial Day” for “Decoration Day” is a purist's and pedant's triumph, another successful assault on the beloved crudities and provincial racinesses so native to our thought and speech.

Translations

the property of being racy

French: piquant (fr) m
German: Schwung (de) m, Feuer (de) n, Gewagtheit f, Rassigkeit f, Feurigkeit f, Rasanz (de) f

Anagrams

Sericans, arcsines, arsenics, scarines

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