scurrilous
adjEtymology
From Latin scurrīlis (“buffoon-like”) + -ous, from scurra (“a buffoon”).
- derived from scurrīlis
Definitions
Of a person, given to vulgar verbal abuse
Of a person, given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed.
Of language
Of language:
Gross, vulgar.
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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
- neighborscurrile
- neighborscurrilously
- neighborscurrilousness
- neighborscurrility
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.
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