Definition of Obscenities

1. Noun. (plural of obscenity) ¹

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Definition of Obscenities

1. obscenity [n] - See also: obscenity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Obscenities

obreptions
obreptitious
obrogate
obrogated
obrogates
obrogating
obrok
obroks
obround
obrounds
obsagittate
obscene
obscenely
obscener
obscenest
obscenities (current term)
obscenity
obscurant
obscurantic
obscurantism
obscurantisms
obscurantist
obscurantists
obscurants
obscuration
obscurations
obscure
obscured
obscurely
obscurement

Literary usage of Obscenities

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. ... The Native Races: Of the Pacific States by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"their dances were extremely licentious, and were accompanied with obscenities too disgusting to bear recital. Most of them were connected in some way with ..."

2. Mysteries and Miseries of America's Great Cities: Embracing New York by James William Buel (1883)
"CHURCH PROGRESS obscenities AND ASSASSINATIONS. BRIGHAM YOUNG, who had been sent to England as a missionary, labored with such success that early in 1841 he ..."

3. The Pársí Religion: As Contained in the Zand-Avastá, and Propounded and by John Wilson (1843)
"obscenities alluded to —16— Treatment of women —17—How to cut off hair, pair the nails ... obscenities ..."

4. A Universal Biography: Containing Interesting Accounts, Critical and by John Platts (1826)
"These Discourses are filled with all manner of jokes, puns, and gross obscenities, but, nevertheless, they possess a great deal of learning. ..."

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