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Meaning of "scurrilousness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCURRILOUSNESS

scurrilousness  [ˈskʌrɪləsnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCURRILOUSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scurrilousness 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 SCURRILOUSNESS 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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCURRILOUSNESS


airlessness
ˈɛələsnəs
effortlessness
ˈɛfətləsnəs
endlessness
ˈɛndləsnəs
fabulousness
ˈfæbjʊləsnəs
flawlessness
ˈflɔːləsnəs
godlessness
ˈɡɒdləsnəs
harmlessness
ˈhɑːmləsnəs
heedlessness
ˈhiːdləsnəs
jealousness
ˈdʒɛləsnəs
joylessness
ˈdʒɔɪləsnəs
landlessness
ˈlændləsnəs
meaninglessness
ˈmiːnɪŋləsnəs
mercilessness
ˈmɜːsɪləsnəs
mindlessness
ˈmaɪndləsnəs
pennilessness
ˈpenɪləsnəs
pitilessness
ˈpɪtɪləsnəs
raylessness
ˈreɪləsnəs
statelessness
ˈsteɪtləsnəs
weightlessness
ˈweɪtləsnəs
worklessness
ˈwɜːkləsnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCURRILOUSNESS

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCURRILOUSNESS

biliousness
business
callousness
carelessness
consciousness
deliciousness
deviousness
helplessness
hilariousness
homelessness
hopelessness
lawlessness
nervousness
obviousness
preciousness
restlessness
ridiculousness
righteousness
seriousness
unconsciousness
viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of scurrilousness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «scurrilousness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCURRILOUSNESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

scurrilousness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

scurrilousness
570 millions of speakers

English

scurrilousness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

scurrilousness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البذاءة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

scurrilousness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

scurrilousness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

scurrilousness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scurrilousness
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Scurrilousness
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

scurrilousness
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

scurrilousness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

scurrilousness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scurrilousness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

scurrilousness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

scurrilousness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्पष्टपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

scurrilousness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scurrilousness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

scurrilousness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

scurrilousness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scurrilousness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

scurrilousness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

scurrilousness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

scurrilousness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

scurrilousness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scurrilousness

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCURRILOUSNESS»

The term «scurrilousness» is normally little used and occupies the 150.432 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCURRILOUSNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «scurrilousness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «scurrilousness» 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 scurrilousness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCURRILOUSNESS»

Discover the use of scurrilousness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scurrilousness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Poetics of the Obscene in Premodern Arabic Poetry: Ibn ...
The reverse of these qualities was now exemplified in sukhf, scurrilousness and shamelessness, and mujūn, levity and scoffing, which begin to intrude into the themes of Arabic literature. In the field of poetry, this development is particularly ...
Sinan Antoon, 2014
2
Summa Theologiae: Volume 43, Temperance: 2a2ae. 141-154
Though vomiting is good when we have eaten overmuch, yet it is sinful to subject oneself to the necessity by lack of moderation. Of course one may use an emetic for medical reasons in order to relieve sickness. 3. Scurrilousness comes from ...
Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Gilby, 2006
3
The History, Topography, and Antiquities of the Isle of Wight
Becoming the proprietor and editor of a periodical paper, not without ability but abounding in scurrilousness, called the North Briton ; he published in " No. 45" a coarse libel on the King and his Government ; a General Warrant was issued by ...
William Henry Davenport Adams, 1856
4
The phonographic word-book ...: Intended immediately to ...
scrutinize scrutinized scrutinizing socratical sacredness scarceness scurrilously scurrilousness sacrilegious sacrilegiously sacrilegious uess scantiness scantling scandalous scandalously scandalousness scandalize scandalized scandalizing  ...
Stephen Pearl Andrews, Augustus French Boyle, 1849
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Italian Pocket Dictionary: Preceded by an Italian Grammar
... v. a. schiumare, tor via la □chiuma Scum mer, ». una ni estol a Scurf, ». tigna ; — of a wound, s^b- biaj — mess,». ligna; scurfy.a. lignoso [rililà Scurrility, or Scurrilousness, ». scut- Scurrilous, a. buffonesco, ingiuri- oao Scurvily, ad malamente ...
Giuspanio Graglia, 1851
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The History, Topography, and Antiquities of the Isle of ...
Becoming the proprietor and editor of a periodical paper, not without ability but abounding in scurrilousness, called the North Briton; he published in “ No. 45" a coarse libel on the King and his Government ; a General Warrant was issued by ...
William Henry Davenport Adams, 1856
7
Presidential Campaigns : From George Washington to George W. ...
The scurrilousness, in fact, was to some extent part of the fun and the invective at times joyously creative. As early as 1792 the voice of the people, it was said, was "the voice of grog" at election time. From almost the beginning, America's ...
Paul F. Boller Jr. Professor of History Texas Christian University (Emeritus), 2004
8
Russian Secret Tales: Bawdy Folktales of Old Russia
... free tales of Boccaccio; and half-a-score more ; and it will be found that any attempt to castrate or gloze over their scurrilousness would be to destroy that healthy, full-blooded vitality in them which for us makes them so intensely human.
Alexander Afanasyev, Alan Dundes, 1998
9
Internet Culture
Dismayed byrising expenses, in 1728the coffeemen issued a pamphlet entitled The Caseof the CoffeeMen ofLondon andWestminster in which theyvigorously criticized the newspapers for inaccuracy and “scurrilousness.” Thiswas the public  ...
David Porter, 2013
10
The Finkler Question
... were readers of his books and would have liked to meet him — Finkler felt he couldn't let the occasion go without berating them for a scurrilousness that did the Jewish mysticism of which they claimed to be serious students no credit.
Howard Jacobson, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCURRILOUSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scurrilousness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Letters: The real estate myth
Surely he could convey his disagreement with the Pope's views without resorting to such scurrilousness? Derek Frew, Vancouver. National Post. Facebook ... «National Post, Jun 15»
2
Paul Di Filippo reviews Chris Beckett
... nobility mixed with scurrilousness. It's small scale, but none the less impactful for the players—and none the less fascinating to follow, despite its small scale. «Locus Online, May 15»
3
What Kim Sears REALLY said, according to professional lip readers
It was a delicious bit of scurrilousness: she seemed like such a nice, well-brought-up girl. Where on earth did she learn to talk like that? The one problem? «Yahoo Eurosport UK, Jan 15»
4
Ben Jonson, like Charb of Charlie Hebdo, sought to reduce zealots
... and meddling of Zeal-of-the-Land Busy, who used to be a baker but has left his trade to attend to his visions of purging society from scurrilousness. «Los Angeles Times, Jan 15»
5
Charlie Hebdo vigils: Across France, hundreds of thousands gather …
The Twitter hashtag #JeSuisCharlie was tweeted 650,000 times in France in support of the dead and the right to satirical scurrilousness that they enshrined. «The Independent, Jan 15»
6
What is the point of the Turner Prize?
There was something Hogarthian about the mixture of scurrilousness and moralising that went on, and about the sheer universality of that response. From the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
7
Long Walk to Hollywood: Why has Nelson Mandela been so badly …
Even with Harvey Weinstein's name on the film's credits as executive producer, I shouldn't think there was any subterfuge or scurrilousness involved in the timing ... «New Statesman, Jan 14»
8
Former spy watchdog Arthur Porter won't live to see trial: oncologist
Dr. Sikora said not every terminal cancer patient follows a direct downward trajectory. “He really has cancer. There's a certain amount of scurrilousness to all this. «Globe and Mail, Jun 13»
9
Young men, please sue the New York Post
The victims of the New York Post's scurrilousness may avail themselves of another great constitutional amendment — the seventh, which entitles people access ... «Washington Post, Apr 13»
10
Reasons to Re-Joyce
But to me, the scurrilousness has the pasty complexion of po-faced error. The worry, the criticism, feels tacky and fatuous. Just this season I happened to read, ... «New York Times, Dec 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Scurrilousness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/scurrilousness>. Apr 2024 ».
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