Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality of being vulgar, coarse, or abusive.
- noun A vulgar, coarse, or abusive remark or passage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being scurril or scurrilous; low, vile, buffoon-like scoffing or jeering; indecent or gross abusiveness or railing; vulgar, indecent, or abusive language.
- noun A scurrilous remark, attack, or outburst; an abusive tirade.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being scurrile or scurrilous; mean, vile, or obscene jocularity.
- noun That which is scurrile or scurrilous; gross or obscene language; low buffoonery; vulgar abuse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Something that is
scurrilous .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun foul-mouthed or obscene abuse
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Examples
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Or obscenity or foolish talking or scurrility, which is to no purpose: but rather giving of thanks.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 56: Ephesians The Challoner Revision
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Or obscenity or foolish talking or scurrility, which is to no purpose: but rather giving of thanks.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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Or obscenity or foolish talking or scurrility, which is to no purpose: but rather giving of thanks.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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Even from the eutrapelia which might signify a bon-mot, literally, and which certainly is not "scurrility," unless the apostle was ironical, reflecting on jokes with heathen considered
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001
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How, that is to say, can we account for what Terry Eagleton, in The Function of Criticism, calls the "scurrility" and "sectarian virulence" (37) of the Quarterly and the Edinburgh Reviews?
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Hence the slang and scurrility which issued from the lips of the serious Professor, and hence also the weighty words and grave statements which fell from the careless student.
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Hence the slang and scurrility which issued from the lips of the serious Professor, and hence also the weighty words and grave statements which fell from the careless student.
The Captain of the Polestar Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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"scurrility," i.e. a kind of levity resulting from lack of reason, which is unable not only to bridle the speech, but also to restrain outward behavior.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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Second, and perhaps more importantly, it is we the voters who will be to blame if we succumb to the scurrility of that which is being foisted upon us by the campaign should the Republicans take the top two offices.
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Second, and perhaps more importantly, it is we the voters who will be to blame if we succumb to the scurrility of that which is being foisted upon us by the campaign should the Republicans take the top two offices.
Miles J. Zaremski: Elected Officials Reflect the Electorate 2010
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