scurrility

scur·ril·i·ty

the quality of being scurrilous
pl. -·ties a scurrilous act or remark

Origin of scurrility

Classical Latin scurrilitas

Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"Scurrility." YourDictionary. LoveToKnow. www.yourdictionary.com/Scurrility.

APA Style

Scurrility. (n.d.). In YourDictionary. Retrieved from https://www.yourdictionary.com/Scurrility

scurrility

noun

pl. scur·ril·i·ties

The quality of being vulgar, coarse, or abusive.
A vulgar, coarse, or abusive remark or passage.

THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"Scurrility." YourDictionary. LoveToKnow. www.yourdictionary.com/Scurrility.

APA Style

Scurrility. (n.d.). In YourDictionary. Retrieved from https://www.yourdictionary.com/Scurrility

Noun

(plural scurrilities)

Something that is scurrilous.

English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"Scurrility." YourDictionary. LoveToKnow. www.yourdictionary.com/Scurrility.

APA Style

Scurrility. (n.d.). In YourDictionary. Retrieved from https://www.yourdictionary.com/Scurrility

SentencesSentence examples

Sentence Examples

In the Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedie, an outstanding specimen of a favourite northern form, analogous to the continental estrif, or tenzone, he and his rival reach a height of scurrility which is certainly without parallel in English literature.

Also Mentioned In

WORDS NEAR scurrility IN THE DICTIONARY