scurrility
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ɪ noun, plural scur·ril·i·ties for 2.
1.
a scurrilous quality or condition.
2.
a scurrilous remark or attack.
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scurrilous (ˈskʌrɪləs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | grossly or obscenely abusive or defamatory |
| 2. | characterized by gross or obscene humour |
| [C16: from Latin scurrīlis derisive, from scurra buffoon] | |
| scurrility | |
| —n | |
| 'scurrilousness | |
| —n | |
| 'scurrilously | |
| —adv | |
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Scurrility
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Example sentences
The newspapers reviled their opponents with the utmost bitterness, and often with ferocious scurrility.
There was much scurrility in between, and its ferocity never slackened.
During all this period the political bitterness was intense, as the scurrility of the newspapers bore witness.
They are by no means free from the scurrility which was characteristic of that age of controversy.
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