Scurrility
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Something that is scurrilous. countable, uncountable
"His gayeſt flooriſhes are but Gaſcoignes Weedes, or Tarletons trickes, or Greenes crankes, or Marlowes bravadoes; his jeſts, but the dregges of common ſcurrilitie, or the ſhreds of the Theater, or the of-ſcouring of new pamflets: […]"
- 2 foul-mouthed or obscene abuse wordnet
Example
More examples"His gayeſt flooriſhes are but Gaſcoignes Weedes, or Tarletons trickes, or Greenes crankes, or Marlowes bravadoes; his jeſts, but the dregges of common ſcurrilitie, or the ſhreds of the Theater, or the of-ſcouring of new pamflets: […]"
Etymology
From scurril(ous) + -ity, from Latin scurrilitas.
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