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Synonyms for scurrilousness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : skur-uh-luhs, skuhr-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈskɜr ə ləs, ˈskʌr-

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Définition of scurrilousness

Origin :
  • "using such language as only the licence of a buffoon can warrant" [Johnson], 1570s, from scurrile "coarsely joking" (c.1500, implied in scurrility), from Latin scurrilis "buffoonlike," from scurra "fashionable city idler, man-about-town," later "buffoon." According to Klein, "an Etruscan loan-word." Related: Scurrilously; scurrilousness.
  • noun vituperation
  • noun obscenity
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