What does scurrility mean?

Definitions for scurrility
skəˈrɪl ɪ tiscur·ril·i·ty

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. scurrility, billingsgatenoun

    foul-mouthed or obscene abuse

Wiktionary

  1. scurrilitynoun

    Something that is scurrilous.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Scurrilitynoun

    Grosness of reproach; loudness of jocularity; mean buffoonery.

    Etymology: scurrilité, Fr. scurrilitas, Lat.

    Good master Holofernes, purge; so it shall please you to abrogate scurrility. William Shakespeare.

    Banish scurrility and profaneness, and restrain the licentious insolence of poets. Dryden.

ChatGPT

  1. scurrility

    Scurrility refers to the behavior or act of using coarse, vulgar, or abusive language, often characterized by humor or satire. It also signifies behavior or language that is offensively rude or contemptuous.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Scurrilitynoun

    the quality or state of being scurrile or scurrilous; mean, vile, or obscene jocularity

  2. Scurrilitynoun

    that which is scurrile or scurrilous; gross or obscene language; low buffoonery; vulgar abuse

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of scurrility in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of scurrility in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of scurrility in a Sentence

  1. Goldoni:

    Laughing is peculiar to man, but all men do not laugh for the same reason. There is the attic salt which springs from the charm in the words, from the flash of wit, from the spirited and brilliant sally. There is the low joke which arises from scurrility and idle conceit.

  2. William Shakespeare:

    Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.


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