SCURRIL'ITY, noun [L. scurrilitas.] Such low. vulgar, indecent or abusive language as is used by mean fellows, buffoons, jesters and the like; grossness of reproach or invective; obscene jests, etc.
Banish scurrility and profaneness. Dryden.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.