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Vulgarity

//vʌlˈɡɜɹɪti// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being vulgar. uncountable

    "You will observe that I have not yet indulged myself in calling her by that name, even to you. Think, then, what I must have endured in hearing it bandied between the Eltons with all the vulgarity of needless repetition, and all the insolence of imaginary superiority"

  2. 2
    the quality of lacking taste and refinement wordnet
  3. 3
    An offensive or obscene act or expression. countable

Etymology

From vulgar + -ity, from Latin vulgaritas.

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