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scurrility

[ skuh-ril-i-tee ]

/ skəˈrɪl ɪ ti /

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noun, plural scur·ril·i·ties for 2.

a scurrilous quality or condition.

a scurrilous remark or attack.

Origin of scurrility

From the Latin word scurrīlitās, dating back to 1500–10. See scurrile, -ity

SYNONYMS FOR scurrility

2 vituperation, abuse, vilification, invective; indecency, vulgarity.

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Words nearby scurrility

scuppernong, scur, scurf, scurfy, scurrile, scurrility, scurrilous, scurry, scurvy, scurvy grass, scut

Example sentences from the Web for scurrility

His tongue might avenge him; scurrility is his strong point.

The Works of Lucian of Samosata, v. 4 |Lucian of Samosata
The Gentleman's Magazine, also, ministered to the gratification of its readers by scurrility like the following.

The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume I (of 2) |Luke Tyerman
Not that scurrility and the basest of personalities from Mr O'Connell are either novelties, or difficult to bear.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 |Various
Indeed, the more exalted the personage, and the more entitled to respect, the greater might be their scurrility.

Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy, Vol. 2 of 2 |Thomas Wodehouse Legh Newton

Next day Boswell repented of the scurrility of what they had written and got Dempster to go with him to retrieve the copy.

Critical Strictures on the New Tragedy of Elvira, Written by Mr. David Malloch (1763) |James Boswell, Andrew Erskine and George Dempster