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Meanings of scurrility in inglés

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Foul-mouthed or obscene abuse.

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Usage of scurrility in inglés
1
Scurrilous stories of that type kill themselves by their very scurrility.
The Enchanted Canyon
2
They must be sorely hurt, to be reduced to such scurrility.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
3
There is so much scurrility and vituperation in their productions.
For the Term of His Natural Life
4
Although virulence in politics is frequent, scurrility is confined to a very few sheets.
Town Life in Australia
5
Only yesterday he attacked our friend Vuillet with revolting scurrility.
The Fortune of the Rougons
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This adjoineth sauciness to scurrility, and advanceth the wrong thereof into a kind of sacrilege.
Sermons on Evil-Speaking
7
This accumulation of "bad names" and ingenious combination of scurrility is merely rhetoric.
Ars Recte Vivendi; Being Essays Contributed to "The Easy Chair"
8
Inasmuch as the Blaine-Cleveland campaign was essentially a campaign of scurrility, this touch was loudly applauded.
Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 1: 1886-1900
9
This so much inflamed the public rage, that he was treated with the utmost abuse and scurrility.
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 06: Nero
10
Or obscenity or foolish talking or scurrility, which is to no purpose: but rather giving of thanks.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament
11
He need not fear that any member of that party will be provoked into a conflict of scurrility.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4
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His first assailant was one of Clement's own physicians, who loaded him with scurrility in a formal letter.
The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch
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In a word, one of the finest literary monuments which our nation ever produced was received almost with scurrility.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
14
The Comedian cannot pay heed to such fine distinctions, but belabours the whole tribe with indiscriminate raillery and scurrility.
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1
15
But, says the chivalrous Picayune, the law of private vengeance does not apply to anything save grave offenses in scurrility.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 12
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At last she was ordered to go to the window and address him in the language of abuse and scurrility.
The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testam...
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