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raciness


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Raciness  \Ra"ci*ness\,  n. 
  The  quality  of  being  racy;  peculiar  and  piquant  flavor. 
 
  The  general  characteristics  of  his  [Cobbett's]  style 
  were  perspicuity,  unequaled  and  inimitable;  .  .  .  a 
  purity  always  simple,  and  raciness  often  elegant. 
  --London 
  Times. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  raciness 
  n  :  behavior  or  language  bordering  on  indelicacy  [syn:  {gaminess}, 
  {ribaldry},  {spiciness}] 




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