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vulgarity


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vulgarity  \Vul*gar"i*ty\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  vulgarit['e],  L.  vulgaritas 
  the  multitude.] 
  1.  The  quality  or  state  of  being  vulgar;  mean  condition  of 
  life;  the  state  of  the  lower  classes  of  society.  --Sir  T. 
  Browne. 
 
  2.  Grossness  or  clownishness  of  manners  of  language;  absence 
  of  refinement;  coarseness. 
 
  The  reprobate  vulgarity  of  the  frequenters  of 
  Bartholomew  Fair.  --B.  Jonson 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  vulgarity 
  n  :  the  quality  of  lacking  taste  and  refinement  [syn:  {coarseness}, 
  {commonness},  {grossness},  {vulgarism}] 




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