scurrilous
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin scurrīlis (“buffoon-like”), from scurra (“a buffoon”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskʌ.ɹə.ləs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈskɜɹələs/, /ˈskʌɹələs/
AdjectiveEdit
scurrilous (comparative more scurrilous, superlative most scurrilous)
- (of a person) Given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed.
- (of language) coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
- gross, vulgar and evil
- 2013, Alex Himelfarb, Jordan Himelfarb, Tax Is Not a Four-Letter Word: A Different Take on Taxes in Canada
- "Some days, I try to imagine how scurrilous it would be for a left-leaning government in Canada to embark on such a costly political agenda for, say, a 10-year period, and still find itself unable to convince Canadians that the majority have benefited from this."
- We have had our address used by scurrilous crooks in the past to gain assets by fraud.
- 2013, Alex Himelfarb, Jordan Himelfarb, Tax Is Not a Four-Letter Word: A Different Take on Taxes in Canada
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
foul-mouthed
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coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
gross, vulgar and evil
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Further readingEdit
- scurrilous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- scurrilous in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- scurrilous at OneLook Dictionary Search