obscenery
obscenery noun: synonym of obscenity.
Noun
obscenery (countable and uncountable, plural obsceneries)
- Synonym of obscenity.
- I hope I ſhall not greatly offend in alſo bringing to remembrance at this time, the miſchief and horrors that the French ſpread at Bengal, and the piercing ſcenes of woe which they baſely perpetrated at Zell, and how aſtoniſhingly furious they raged there with brutal madneſs, being ſo amazingly...1761, William Thompson, A Copy of Thompson's Justification, Founded on the Solid Principles of Truth and Public Virtue, London: [s.n.], page 8
- Dammit to hell, I don't want any little slut that talks such obsceneries in my place. I can see it coming, she'll corrupt the whole neighborhood.1960 [1959], Raymond Queneau, translated by Barbara Wright, Zazie, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, page 14
- Synonyms:
- obscenity
Synonyms of obscenery
Forms of obscenery
| plural | obsceneries |
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Origin of obscenery
From obscene + -ery.
Questions about obscenery
- What does obscenery mean?
- Obscenery means synonym of obscenity.
- What part of speech is obscenery?
- Obscenery is a noun.
- What is the plural of obscenery?
- The plural of obscenery is obsceneries.
Words near obscenery in the dictionary
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