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scurrility

noun

Etymology

From scurril(ous) + -ity, from Latin scurrilitas.

  1. derived from scurrilitas

Definitions

  1. Something that is scurrilous.

    • His gayeſt flooriſhes are but Gaſcoignes Weedes, or Tarletons trickes, or Greenes crankes, or Marlowes bravadoes; his jeſts, but the dregges of common ſcurrilitie, or the ſhreds of the Theater, or the of-ſcouring of new pamflets: […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for scurrility. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA