raciness

English

Etymology

From racy +‎ -ness.

Noun

raciness (countable and uncountable, plural racinesses)

1. 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

• cerasins, Sericans, arcsines, scarines, arsenics