vulgar
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gər adjective
1.
characterized by ignorance of or lack of good breeding or taste: vulgar ostentation.
2.
indecent; obscene; lewd: a vulgar work; a vulgar gesture.
3.
crude; coarse; unrefined: a vulgar peasant.
4.
of, pertaining to, or constituting the ordinary people in a society: the vulgar masses.
5.
current; popular; common: a vulgar success; vulgar beliefs.
6.
spoken by, or being in the language spoken by, the people generally; vernacular: vulgar tongue.
7.
lacking in distinction, aesthetic value, or charm; banal; ordinary: a vulgar painting.
noun
8.
Archaic. the common people.
9.
Obsolete. the vernacular.
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Vulgar
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin vulgāris, equivalent to vulg(us) the general public + -āris -ar1
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin vulgāris, equivalent to vulg(us) the general public + -āris -ar1
Related forms
vul·gar·ly, adverb
vul·gar·ness, noun
un·vul·gar, adjective
un·vul·gar·ly, adverb
un·vul·gar·ness, noun
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vulgar (ˈvʌlɡə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | marked by lack of taste, culture, delicacy, manners, etc: vulgar behaviour; vulgar language |
| 2. | (often capital; usually prenominal) denoting a form of a language, esp of Latin, current among common people, esp at a period when the formal language is archaic and not in general spoken use |
| 3. | archaic |
| a. of, relating to, or current among the great mass of common people, in contrast to the educated, cultured, or privileged; ordinary | |
| b. (as collective noun; preceded by the): the vulgar | |
| [C14: from Latin vulgāris belonging to the multitude, from vulgus the common people] | |
| 'vulgarly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
vulgar
1391, "common, ordinary," from L. vulgaris "of or pertaining to the common people, common, vulgar," from vulgus "the common people, multitude, crowd, throng," from PIE base *wel- "to crowd, throng" (cf. Skt. vargah "division, group," Gk. eilein "to press, throng," M.Bret. gwal'ch "abundance," Welsh gwala
"sufficiency, enough"). Meaning "coarse, low, ill-bred" is first recorded 1643, probably from earlier use (with reference to people) with meaning "belonging to the ordinary class" (1530). Vulgarian "rich person of vulgar manners" is recorded from 1804.
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Example sentences
Words that are vulgar or offensive, or refer to unsavory topics.
As common today as it is, vulgar language has been around since the evolution of language.
In other words, he has employed an imagery as vulgar as the slang of the tavern can make it.
Our traditional-aged students are being raised and a relatively vulgar society.
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