| Pronunciation: | | vul'garitee
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] the quality of lacking taste and refinement |
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VULGARITY is a 9 letter word that starts with V. |
| | Synonyms: | | coarseness, commonness, grossness, vulgarism |
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| | See Also: | | inelegance |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Vul*gar"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. vulgarit['e], L. vulgaritas
the multitude.]
1. The quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of
life; the state of the lower classes of society. --Sir T.
Browne.
2. Grossness or clownishness of manners of language; absence
of refinement; coarseness.
The reprobate vulgarity of the frequenters of
Bartholomew Fair. --B. Jonson.
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