Meaning of scurrile | Babel Free

Definitions

Scurrilous.

archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“For had an Angel bin his discipliner, unlesse it were for dwelling too much upon Ciceronianisms, & had chastiz'd the reading, not the vanity, it had bin plainly partiall; first to correct him for grave Cicero, and not for scurrill Plautus, whom he confesses to have bin reading not long before”

“’Tis not scurrile this, but chaste, honest, most part serious, and even of religion itself.”

“the wretched affectation of scurril laughter”

“A scurrile or obscene jest[…] will better advance you at the court of Charles than your father's ancient name.”

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