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Definition of Raciness
1. Noun. A strong odor or taste property. "The raciness of the wine"
Generic synonyms: Spice, Spicery, Spiciness
Derivative terms: Pungent, Racy
2. Noun. Behavior or language bordering on indelicacy.
Generic synonyms: Indelicacy
Derivative terms: Gamy, Racy, Spicy
Definition of Raciness
1. n. The quality of being racy; peculiar and piquant flavor.
Definition of Raciness
1. Noun. The property of being racy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Raciness
1. the quality of being racy [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Raciness
Literary usage of Raciness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Still, in spite of its lack of raciness and actuality, the poem founded a national
legend which has kept alive the memory of an episode that would otherwise ..."
2. Outing (1892)
"Unable to reproduce the raciness of our camp palaver, I will recall to the memory
of old campaigners that hour around which cling the romance and poetry, ..."
3. William Winston Seaton of the "National Intelligencer".: A Biographical Sketch by Josephine Seaton (1871)
"In the raciness and charm of Mr. Seaton's conversation and mariner, in the genial
goodness stamped on every lineament of his countenance, the great novelist ..."
4. History of Roman Literature: From It's Earliest Period to the Augustan Age by John Colin Dunlop (1823)
"... being too much afraid of the faults of redundance and unsuitable ornament, he
refined and attenuated his discourse till it lost its raciness and spirit. ..."
5. The Autobiography of Leigh Hunt by Leigh Hunt (1850)
"raciness" in eyes—to keep up the analogy with the garden; raciness being the
first fresh, unadulterated quality of any production, derivable through its ..."
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