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Meaning of "scurrility" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCURRILITY

scurrility  [skʌˈrɪlɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCURRILITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scurrility is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SCURRILITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Vulgarism

In the study of language and literary style, a vulgarism is an expression or usage considered non-standard or characteristic of uneducated speech or writing. In colloquial or lexical English, "vulgarism" or "vulgarity" may be synonymous with profanity or obscenity, but a linguistic or literary vulgarism encompasses a broader category of perceived fault not confined to scatological or sexual offensiveness. These faults may include errors of pronunciation, misspellings, word malformations, and malapropisms.

Definition of scurrility in the English dictionary

The definition of scurrility in the dictionary is the state of being grossly or obscenely abusive or defamatory. Other definition of scurrility is gross or obscene humour.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCURRILITY


ability
əˈbɪlɪtɪ
accessibility
əkˌsɛsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
availability
əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪtɪ
capability
ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlɪtɪ
compatibility
kəmˌpætɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
disability
ˌdɪsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
facility
fəˈsɪlɪtɪ
febrility
fɪˈbrɪlɪtɪ
flexibility
ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
intersterility
ˌɪntəstəˈrɪlɪtɪ
liability
ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
mobility
məʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
neurility
njʊˈrɪlɪtɪ
nobility
nəʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
possibility
ˌpɒsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
puerility
pjʊəˈrɪlɪtɪ
reliability
rɪˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
responsibility
rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
stability
stəˈbɪlɪtɪ
utility
juːˈtɪlɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCURRILITY

scur
scurf
scurfiness
scurfy
scurried
scurrier
scurries
scurril
scurrile
scurrilous
scurrilously
scurrilousness
scurriour
scurry
scurvier
scurviest
scurvily
scurviness
scurvy
scurvy grass

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCURRILITY

accountability
affordability
agility
credibility
durability
eligibility
feasibility
fertility
functionality
hostility
humility
inability
inevitability
instability
probability
suitability
sustainability
usability
variability
versatility
vulnerability

Synonyms and antonyms of scurrility in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SCURRILITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «scurrility» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of scurrility

Translation of «scurrility» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCURRILITY

Find out the translation of scurrility to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of scurrility from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scurrility» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

scurrility
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

scurrility
570 millions of speakers

English

scurrility
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

scurrility
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جلافة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

scurrility
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

scurrility
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অশ্লীল ভাষা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grossièreté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketakutan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unflätigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

scurrility
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

scurrility
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scurrility
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tính thô tục
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெறுக்கத்தக்க பண்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुंडगिरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

küfürbazlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scurrilità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

scurrility
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

scurrility
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mitocănie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χυδαιότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

schunnig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

scurrility
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

scurrility
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scurrility

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCURRILITY»

The term «scurrility» is normally little used and occupies the 145.815 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of scurrility
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCURRILITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «scurrility» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «scurrility» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scurrility

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCURRILITY»

Discover the use of scurrility in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scurrility and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Subversion and scurrility: popular discourse in Europe from ...
Gossip, rumour, scandal and defamation are just some of the popular discourses examined in this collection of essays by an international group of scholars.
Dermot Cavanagh, Tim Kirk, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, 2000
2
A Dictionary of the Bengala Language: In which the Words are ...
(Jfrojin #4.. to revile),, a revjjiing, scurrility, a censure, a reproach. .^'(^"k&P^A^J' SAO* wrong, improper, uojust. tf^ifa.a. (from sr£, tt( r{ti7e),reproachable, censurable.de serving to be reviled, contemptible, abomiuable. *• (from tf^, to revile), ...
William Carey, 1825
3
He, Felt Scurrility: A Novella and Four Stories
HE, FELT SCURRILITY is the story of a young woman caught in the shackles of indifference in small town USA.
Solomon Deep, 2012
4
A Humble Attempt at Scurrility: In Imitation of Those Great ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
Isaac Hunt, 2010
5
A dictionary of the Bengalee language: in which the words ...
(from istn', rcurrr'lr'ty, and fifw, a cause), for scurrility.v IQHUES, a; (from Quasi, rmrrility, and Wicaused 63/), caused by or arising from scurrility; ad, from or becauseof scurrility-- ' {W'stfi'tg ad. (from {01111, nurrili/y, and fi'tt, without), without or ...
William Carey, 1825
6
The Republican
It therefore directs its attention to works which, from the vulgar scurrility and coarse ribaldry in which they abound, reader it manifest, that no one can have been led to publish them by a sincere, though misapplied, desire to promote the cause ...
‎1825
7
The Republican
It therefore directsits attention to works which, from the vulgar scurrility and coarse ribaldry in which they abound,- render it manifest, that no one can have been led to publish them by a sincere, though misapplied, desire to promote the cause ...
Richard Carlile, 1825
8
The Proud Papers (Robert Proud, Historian of Pennsylvania) ...
Early Histories of Pennsylvania, Franklin, Bradford and Other Imprints; and a Collection of Americana, to be Sold. May 8, '03 Robert Proud. (Franklin, Wm.) A Humble Attempt at Scurrility, In Imitation of Those Great Masters of the Art, The Rev.
Robert Proud, 1718
9
Hildegard of Bingen's Spiritual Remedies
Scurrility is characterized by the trickster, the practical joker or clown one meets everywhere. Like a crab with black hair he enters the scene ready to insult and abuse others with his tricks. Harmful Words of Scurrility Scurrility speaks: " Everyone ...
Wighard Strehlow, 2002
10
The Sad Shepherd: Or, A Tale of Robin Hood, a Fragment
In reply to some puritanical invectives against the stage by Prynn, Baker fays therein, " He would make us believe That all the attractive power in Plays, to <nw Beholders, is meerly srom scurrility: as if it were no Play; at least no pleasing Play  ...
Ben Jonson, Francis Godolphin Waldron, Peter Whalley, 1783

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCURRILITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scurrility is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ted Kennedy, SCOTUS Supervillain
... rejected Bork's nomination and destroyed his character and reputation with such vicious “world class . . . scurrility,” that his very name became the verb “to bork ... «American Thinker, Jul 15»
2
Fighting Monsters
... and, as with Jean Vigo's “Zéro de Conduite” (1933), still the most insolent of all boarding-school films, the scurrility of the pupils bears a whiff of revolution on a ... «The New Yorker, Jun 15»
3
Media Hits New Low
Just when I thought that my opinion of the press could not get any lower, they surpass themselves and find new depths of spineless scurrility to plumb. «Canada Free Press, May 15»
4
St. Margaret's offers a thought-provoking 'Les Misérables'
As prisoners shuffle onto the stage in St. Margaret Episcopal School's production of “Les Misérables,” scuffling with the supposed “scurrility” of their sins, they ... «OCRegister, Apr 15»
5
Eugene Robinson Live
... and leaving aside the question of whether doing so increased the chances of a scurrility breach (i.e., hack), could this hurt her chances sufficiently for Sen. «Washington Post, Feb 15»
6
Gin Lane's alcoholic miseries are still to be seen on streets of Ireland
... which, in the heat of their imagination, they suppose themselves to suffer, with the utmost range of resentment, violence of rudeness, and scurrility of tongue...”. «Irish Examiner, Feb 15»
7
Gunmen Kill Twelve at Satirical Newspaper in Paris
The tradition combines left-wing radicalism with a provocative scurrility that often borders on the obscene," says BBC Paris correspondent Hugh Schofield. «Council on Foreign Relations, Jan 15»
8
#JeSuisCharlie: The price of freedom is never too high
According to the BBC, the magazine is a combination of "left wing radicalism with a provocative scurrility that often borders on the obscene". In 2011 their offices ... «ChicagoNow, Jan 15»
9
From the Archives: December 13th, 1980
But I followed intently reports of the divorce proceedings [between O'Brien and Gebler] – written up with gleeful scurrility by the English papers – and even the ... «Irish Times, Dec 14»
10
John Skelton: The Career of an Early Tudor Poet, by John Scattergood
He was esteemed by his contemporaries for his eloquence and aureate style, but in the judgement of less sympathetic readers his scurrility, his use of the ... «Times Higher Education, Oct 14»

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