PROFANITY

profanity

(noun) vulgar or irreverent speech or action

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

profanity (countable and uncountable, plural profanities)

(uncountable) The quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt.

(countable) Obscene, lewd or abusive language.

Source: Wiktionary


Pro*fan"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. profanitas.]

1. The quality or state of being profane; profaneness; irreverence; esp., the use of profane language; blasphemy.

2. That which is profane; profane language or acts. The brisk interchange of profanity and folly. Buckminster.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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