scurrility

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   coarse, abusive, obscene, or foul-mouthed language

   The debate descended from satire into open scurrility.

2. 2
   noun

   an instance of scurrilous abuse

   The pamphlet was filled with personal scurrilities.

From scurrilous + -ity, ultimately from Latin scurrilitas, 'buffoonery or low joking,' based on scurra, 'buffoon.'

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