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