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Webster 1913 Edition


Profanity

Pro-fan′i-ty

,
Noun.
[L.
profanitas
.]
1.
The quality or state of being profane; profaneness; irreverence; esp., the use of profane language; blasphemy.
2.
That which is profane; profane language or acts.
The brisk interchange of
profanity
and folly.
Buckminster.

Webster 1828 Edition


Profanity

PROFAN'ITY

,
Noun.
Profaneness, which see.
In a revel of debauchery, amid the brisk interchange of profanity and folly, religion might appear a dumb, unsocial intruder.