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scurrile

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scur⋅rile

  [skur-il, -ahyl, skuhr-]
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–adjective Archaic.
scurrilous.
Origin:
1560–70; < L scurrīlis jeering, equiv. to scurr(a) buffoon + -īlis -ile
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scur·rile also scur·ril   (skûr'əl, skŭr'-)   
adj.   Archaic
Scurrilous.

[French, from Old French, from Latin scurrīlis, jeering, from scurra, buffoon, possibly of Etruscan origin.]
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