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GAMINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Behavior or language bordering on indelicacy
Synonyms:
gaminess; raciness; ribaldry; spiciness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("gaminess" is a kind of...):
indelicacy (the trait of being indelicate and offensive)
Derivation:
gamy (suggestive of sexual impropriety)