fescennine
/ˈfɛsənʌɪn/
fescennine adjective: obscene or scurrilous.
Adjective (1)
fescennine (comparative more fescennine, superlative most fescennine)
- Obscene or scurrilous.
- [T]he frolicsome company had begun to practise the ancient and now forgotten pastime of High Jinks. This game was played in several different ways. Most frequently the dice were thrown by the company, and those upon whom the lot fell were obliged to assume and maintain, for a time, a certain...1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], chapter XV, in Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and...
- As the poet decorously shows his desire to consummate the marriage, he retains the fescennine element without being crude.1988, James D. Simmonds, Milton Studies, volume 6, University of Pittsburgh Press, page 168
Adjective (2) capitalized: Fescennine
Fescennine (comparative more Fescennine, superlative most Fescennine)
- Of or pertaining to the ancient Etruscan town of Fescennia
- obscene or scurrilous
- At this hour the seat was as in a theatre, but the words of the actors were of a nature somewhat too Fescennine for the public.1856, Richard Francis Burton, Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to El-Madinah and Meccah, G. P. Putnam & Co., page 20
- And when Freudian fiction becomes – as it has become in America – but an inviting wall on which to scribble Fescennine filth – that, too, is another matter.1977, C. John McCole, Lucifer at Large, Ayer Publishing, page 108
fescennine meaning in Tamil
fescennine in Tamil
- ஆபாசமான
Examples of fescennine in a sentence
- The conventional complaint over the delay in the proceedings is voiced by the poet in […] [this] series of questions which include fescennine teasing of the bridal couple1995, John Donne, Gary A. Stringer, The variorum edition of the poetry of John Donne: The Epigrams, Epithalamions, Epitaphs, Inscriptions...
- For instance, I admit that this book is anacreontic, paphian, and sometimes even fescennine […]2003, Mark Steven Morton, The Lover's Tongue: A Merry Romp Through the Language of Love and Sex, Insomniac Press, page 25:
Forms of fescennine
| comparative | more fescennine |
|---|---|
| superlative | most fescennine |
| alternative form | Fescennine |
| comparative | more Fescennine |
| superlative | most Fescennine |
| alternative form | fescennine |
Origin of fescennine
From Latin Fescennīnus, from the name of the ancient Etruscan town of Fescennia, noted for the "Fescennine Verses", a tradition of scurrilous songs performed on special occasions.
From the Latin Fescennīnus.
Questions about fescennine
- What does fescennine mean?
- Fescennine means obscene or scurrilous.
- What is fescennine in Tamil?
- Fescennine in Tamil is ஆபாசமான. See Fescennine meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use fescennine in a sentence?
- The conventional complaint over the delay in the proceedings is voiced by the poet in […] [this] series of questions which include fescennine teasing of the bridal couple
- What part of speech is fescennine?
- Fescennine is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce fescennine?
- Fescennine is pronounced /ˈfɛsənʌɪn/ (UK).
Words near fescennine in the dictionary
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