scurrilous

adj
/ˈskʌ.ɹə.ləs/UK/ˈskɜɹələs/US

Etymology

From Latin scurrīlis (“buffoon-like”) + -ous, from scurra (“a buffoon”).

  1. derived from scurrīlis

Definitions

  1. Of a person, given to vulgar verbal abuse

    Of a person, given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed.

  2. Of language

    Of language:

  3. Gross, vulgar.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. Unscrupulous, evil.

      • We have had our address used by scurrilous crooks in the past to gain assets by fraud.
      • "Instead, another dangerous killer now roams our streets, thanks to that scurrilous, sinister super-heel!"

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at scurrilous. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01scurrilous02foul-mouthed03foul04detestable05disgust06loathing07detestation08hate09abusive

A definitional loop anchored at scurrilous. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at scurrilous

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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