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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.
In a revel of debauchery, amid the brisk interchange of profanity and folly, religion might appear a dumb, unsocial intruder.
Definition 2024
profanity
profanity
English
Alternative forms
- prophanity (hypercorrect, obsolete)
Noun
profanity (countable and uncountable, plural profanities)
- (uncountable) The quality of being profane.
- His profanity left the entire audience in shock.
- (countable) Obscene, lewd or abusive language.
- 2013 June 14, Sam Leith, “Where the profound meets the profane”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 37:
- Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.
- He ran up and down the street screaming profanities like a madman.
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Translations
quality of being profane
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obscene, lewd or abusive language
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