Dictionary entry

Scurrility

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Scur‐ril″i‐ty (?), n. [L. scurrilitas: cf. F. scurrilité.] 1. The quality or state of being scurrile or scurrilous; mean, vile, or obscene jocularity.

Your reasons... have been sharp and sententious, pleasant without scurrility. Shak.

2. That which is scurrile or scurrilous; gross or obscene language; low buffoonery; vulgar abuse.

Interrupting prayers and sermons with clamor and scurrility. Macaulay.

Syn. — Scurrilousness; abuse; insolence; vulgarity; indecency.