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VULGARITY
coarseness, commonness, grossness, vulgarity, vulgarism, raunch
(noun) the quality of lacking taste and refinement
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
vulgarity (plural vulgarities)
(uncountable) The quality of being vulgar.
(countable) An offensive or obscene act or expression.
Synonyms
• (offensive act): profanity
Source: Wiktionary
Vul*gar"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. vulgarité, L. vulgaritas the multitude.]
1. The quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of life; the state of the lower classes of society. Sir T. Browne.
2. Grossness or clownishness of manners of language; absence of refinement; coarseness. The reprobate vulgarity of the frequenters of Bartholomew Fair. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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