scurrile
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From French scurrile, from Latin scurrilis.
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scurrile (comparative more scurrile, superlative most scurrile)
- (archaic) Scurrilous.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, III.1.1.i:
- ’Tis not scurrile this, but chaste, honest, most part serious, and even of religion itself.
- 1668, Thomas Spratt, The Works of Mr Abraham Cowley, Preface:
- the wretched affectation of scurril laughter
- 1822, [Walter Scott], Peveril of the Peak. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:
- A scurrile or obscene jest […] will better advance you at the court of Charles than your father's ancient name.
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scurrile (plural scurrili)
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- scurrile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana