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Scurrility

noun
1.
Foul-mouthed or obscene abuse.  Synonym: billingsgate.





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"Scurrility" Quotes from Famous Books



... been said, especially by Mr D'Israeli in his "Quarrels of Authors," on the subject of this dispute between Nash and Harvey, that it is unnecessary to add anything, excepting that it was carried to such a length, and the pamphlets contained so much scurrility, that it was ordered from authority in 1599 that all the tracts on both sides should ...
— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VIII (4th edition) • Various


Words linked to "Scurrility" :   abuse, scurrilous, vilification, billingsgate, revilement, contumely, insult


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