vulgarity

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

VULGARITY, noun 1. Mean condition in life; the state of the lower classes of society. 2. Grossness or clownishness of manners or language; as vulgarity of behavior; vulgarity of expression or language.
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