scurrilous
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ə adjective
1.
grossly or obscenely abusive: a scurrilous attack on the mayor.
2.
characterized by or using low buffoonery; coarsely jocular or derisive: a scurrilous jest.
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| —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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Word Origin & History
scurrilous
"using such language as only the licence of a buffoon can warrant" [Johnson], 1576, from scurrile "coarsely joking" (1508, implied in scurrility), from L. scurrilis "buffoonlike," from scurra "fashionable city idler," later "buffoon." According to Klein, "an Etruscan loan-word."
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Example sentences
The agency head has the right to remove notices which are defamatory, scurrilous, or inflammatory.
Others exchange scurrilous messages by computer and telephone.
One sometimes heard scurrilous comments about the weather forecast for that day that didn't work out, but never a decision.
As a result, these scurrilous operators have turned to other methods of stealing money, including demand drafts.
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