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Definition of Scurrility
1. Noun. Foul-mouthed or obscene abuse.
Generic synonyms: Abuse, Contumely, Insult, Revilement, Vilification
Derivative terms: Scurrilous
Definition of Scurrility
1. n. The quality or state of being scurrile or scurrilous; mean, vile, or obscene jocularity.
Definition of Scurrility
1. Noun. Something that is scurrilous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scurrility
1. [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scurrility
Literary usage of Scurrility
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Laconic Manual and Brief Remarker: Containing Over a Thousand Subjects by Charles Simmons (1852)
"You must not think that a satiric style Allows of scandalous and brutish words ;
The better sort abhor scurrility. Ed. It is next to impossible to tram up a ..."
2. A History of England, During the Reign of George the Third: During the Reign by William Massey (1858)
"The journals of scurrility "which those persons were the printers, ... Such scurrility
as this is harmless, unless the person to whom it is applied is so ..."
3. A History of England: During the Reign of George the Third by William Massey (1865)
"There was some ground for the proceedings against scurrility of the ...
Such scurrility as this is harmless, unless the person to whom it is applied is so ..."
4. An Historical Introduction to the Marprelate Tracts: A Chapter in the by William Pierce (1908)
"The Alleged scurrility. — The accusation that the Tracts are scurrilous ought
not to be made on the strength of one or two extracts; certainly not without a ..."
5. An Historical Introduction to the Marprelate Tracts: A Chapter in the by William Pierce (1909)
"The Alleged scurrility. — The accusation that the Tracts are scurrilous ought
not to be made on the strength of one or two extracts; certainly not without a ..."
6. The Wits and Beaux of Society by A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton (1871)
"Hook's scurrility.—Fortune and Popularity.— The End. j]F it be difficult to say
what wit is, it is well nigh as hard to pronounce what is not wit. ..."
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