SCURRILITIES

Noun

scurrilities

plural of scurrility

Source: Wiktionary


SCURRILITY

Scur*ril"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. scurrilitas: cf. F.scurrilité.]

1. The quality or state of being scurrile or scurrilous; mean, vile, or obscene jocularity. Your reasons . . . have been sharp and sententious, pleasant without scurrility. Shak.

2. That which is scurrile or scurrilous; gross or obscene language; low buffoonery; vulgar abuse. Interrupting prayers and sermons with clamor and scurrility. Macaulay.

Syn.

– Scurrilousness; abuse; insolence; vulgarity; indecency.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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