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nonvulgar

nonvulgar

English

Adjective

nonvulgar (not comparable)

  1. Not vulgar.
    • 2007 February 22, “A Grown-Up Brouhaha Over a Book for Kids (4 Letters)”, in New York Times:
      To “sneak” implies that she was doing something wrong rather than using the proper, nonvulgar term for a body part, a term that children are presumably learning in their science classes.