scurrilous

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SCUR'RILOUS, adjective 1. Using the low and indecent language of the meaner sort of people, or such as only the licence of buffoons can warrant; as a scurrilous fellow. 2. Containing low indecency or abuse; mean; foul; vile; obscenely jocular; as scurrilous language.
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