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Webster 1913 Edition


Vulgarity

Vul-gar′i-ty

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
vulgarité
, 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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Vulgarity

VULGARITY

,
Noun.
1.
Mean condition in life; the state of the lower classes of society.
2.
Grossness or clownishness of manners or language; as vulgarity of behavior; vulgarity of expression or language.