raciness

English

Etymology

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.

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