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scur·ril
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Scurriladjective
Low; mean; grosly opprobrious; loudly jocose.
Etymology: scurrilis, Latin.
With him, Patroclus,
Upon a lazy bed, the live-long day
Breaks scurril jests. William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida.Nothing conduces more to letters than to examine the writings of the ancients, provided the plagues of judging and pronouncing against them be away; such as envy, bitterness, precipitation, impudence, and scurril scoffing. Ben Jonson.
Thou mov’st me more by barely naming him,
Than all thy soul unmanner’d scurril taunts. Dryden.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of scurril in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of scurril in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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