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Scurrile

//ˈskɝɹɪl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Scurrilous. archaic

    "For had an Angel bin his discipliner, unlesse it were for dwelling too much upon Ciceronianisms, & had chastiz'd the reading, not the vanity, it had bin plainly partiall; first to correct him for grave Cicero, and not for scurrill Plautus, whom he confesses to have bin reading not long before"

Etymology

From French scurrile, from Latin scurrilis.

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