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RACINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does raciness mean?
• RACINESS (noun)
The noun RACINESS has 2 senses:
1. a strong odor or taste property
2. behavior or language bordering on indelicacy
Familiarity information: RACINESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A strong odor or taste property
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
bite; pungency; raciness; sharpness
Context example:
the raciness of the wine
Hypernyms ("raciness" is a kind of...):
spice; spicery; spiciness (the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored)
Derivation:
racy (marked by richness and fullness of flavor)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Behavior or language bordering on indelicacy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
gaminess; raciness; ribaldry; spiciness
Hypernyms ("raciness" is a kind of...):
indelicacy (the trait of being indelicate and offensive)
Derivation:
racy (suggestive of sexual impropriety)
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