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Keep "fescennine" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
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After choosing a replacement for "fescennine", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "fescennine" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
6 total sentences available.
[T]he frolicsome company had begun to practise the ancient and now forgotten pastime of High Jinks. This game was played in several different ways. Most frequently the dice were thrown by the company, and those upon whom the lot fell were obliged to assume and maintain, for a time, a certain fictitious character, or to repeat a certain number of fescennine verses in a particular order.
Source: wiktionary
As the poet decorously shows his desire to consummate the marriage, he retains the fescennine element without being crude.
Source: wiktionary
The conventional complaint over the delay in the proceedings is voiced by the poet in […] [this] series of questions which include fescennine teasing of the bridal couple
Source: wiktionary
For instance, I admit that this book is anacreontic, paphian, and sometimes even fescennine […]
Source: wiktionary
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Closest matches include bawdy, blue, dirty, filthy, foul.
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