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Of or pertaining to the mass, or multitude, of people; common; general; ordinary; public; hence, in general use; vernacular.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to the mass, or multitude, of people; common; general; ordinary; public; hence, in general use; vernacular.
  2. a. Belonging or relating to the common people, as distinguished from the cultivated or educated; pertaining to common life; plebeian; not select or distinguished; hence, sometimes, of little or no value.
  3. a. Hence, lacking cultivation or refinement; rustic; boorish; also, offensive to good taste or refined feelings; low; coarse; mean; base; as, vulgar men, minds, language, or manners.
  4. n. One of the common people; a vulgar person.
  5. n. The vernacular, or common language.
  6. adj. lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
  7. adj. of or associated with the great masses of people
  8. adj. being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
  9. adj. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
  10. j:100 s lacking refinement or cultivation or taste s of or associated with the great masses of people s being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language s conspicuously and tastelessly indecent