different between salaciousness vs dirtiness

English

Etymology

salacious +? -ness

Noun

salaciousness (usually uncountable, plural salaciousnesses)

1. The state or characteristic of being salacious.
   • 1774, Oliver Goldsmith, An History of the Earth and Animated Nature, London: J. Nourse, Volume 5, Part 2, Chapter 2, p. 170,^[1]

     The cock, from his salaciousness, is allowed to be a short lived animal; but how long these birds live, if left to themselves, is not yet well ascertained by any historian.

   • 1895, Frank Harris, “The Best Man in Garotte” in Elder Conklin and Other Stories, London: Heinemann, p. 160,^[2]

     […] he began a tale which cannot be retold here, but which delighted the boys as much by its salaciousness as by its vivacity.

   • 1920, Sinclair Lewis, Main Street, New York: Harcourt, Brace, Chapter 13, p. 158,^[3]

     I giggle with the most revolting salaciousness over La Vie Parisienne, when I get hold of one in Chicago, yet I shouldn’t even try to hold your hand.

   • 2002, Charles M. Joseph, Stravinsky and Balanchine: A Journey of Invention, New Haven: Yale University Press, Chapter 2, p. 51,

     Fokine did not mince words in describing the infamous closing moments of the ballet [L’Après-midi d’un faune], charging that Diaghilev used Nijinski as nothing more than a tool to shock his audience. He hinted that scandal was Diaghilev’s goal, for salaciousness would attract an audience.

   • 2010, Howard Jacobson, The Finkler Question, New York: Bloomsbury, Part One, Chapter 3, p. 20,^[4]

     […] he actually used the word erotic, snagging his tongue on it as though the salaciousness of the syllables themselves was enough to arouse him […]

Synonyms

• bawdiness, indecency, lasciviousness, lewdness, salacity

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English

Etymology

dirty +? -ness

Noun

dirtiness (usually uncountable, plural dirtinesses)

1. The state or quality of being dirty.
   • 1922, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt, New York: P.F. Collier & Son, Chapter XI, section IV, p. 150, [1]

     Paul was distressingly clean, but Babbitt reveled in a good sound dirtiness, in not having to shave till his spirit was moved to it.

   • 1948, Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country, New York: Scribner, 1987, Chapter 6,

     So they walked till they came to Claremont and Kumalo was shocked by its shabbiness and dirtiness, and the closeness of the houses, and the filth in the streets.

Synonyms

• filthiness

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Anagrams

• disinsert, disinters