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The quality or state of being scurrile or scurrilous; mean, vile, or obscene jocularity.

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  1. n. The quality or state of being scurrile or scurrilous; mean, vile, or obscene jocularity.
  2. n. That which is scurrile or scurrilous; gross or obscene language; low buffoonery; vulgar abuse.
  3. n. foul-mouthed or obscene abuse
  4. 1. The quality or state of being scurrile or scurrilous; mean, vile, or obscene jocularity. Your reasons . . . have been sharp and sententious, pleasant without scurrility. Shak. 2. That which is scurrile or scurrilous; gross or obscene language; low buffoonery; vulgar abuse. Interrupting prayers and sermons with clamor and scurrility. Macaulay. Syn. -- Scurrilousness; abuse; insolence; vulgarity; indecency.
  5. n. foul-mouthed or obscene abuse