adjective
- of, characteristic of, belonging to, or common to the great mass of people in general; common; popular: a vulgar superstition
- designating, of, or in the popular, or vernacular, speech
- characterized by a lack of culture, refinement, taste, restraint, sensitivity, etc.; coarse; crude; boorish
- indecent or obscene
Origin:
ME < L vularis < vulgus, volgus, the common people < IE base *wel-, to crowd, throng > Gr eilein, to press, swarm