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scurrility

scurrility noun: something that is scurrilous.

Noun

scurrility (countable and uncountable, plural scurrilities)

  1. Something that is scurrilous.
    • His gayeſt flooriſhes are but Gaſcoignes Weedes, or Tarletons trickes, or Greenes crankes, or Marlowes bravadoes; his jeſts, but the dregges of common ſcurrilitie, or the ſhreds of the Theater, or the of-ſcouring of new pamflets: […]1593, Gabriell Haruey [i.e., Gabriel Harvey], Pierces Supererogation: Or A New Prayse of the Old Asse. A Preparative to Certaine Larger Discourses, Intituled Nashes S. Fame, London: […] Iohn Wolfe...

scurrility meaning in Tamil and Urdu

scurrility in Tamil

கீழ்த்தர வசை, இழிதகவுப்பேச்சு

scurrility in Urdu

بددہانی, بیہودہ پن, فحاشی

Forms of scurrility

pluralscurrilities

Origin of scurrility

From scurril(ous) + -ity, from Latin scurrilitas.

Questions about scurrility

What does scurrility mean?
Scurrility means something that is scurrilous.
What is scurrility in Tamil?
Scurrility in Tamil is கீழ்த்தர வசை, இழிதகவுப்பேச்சு. See Scurrility meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is scurrility?
Scurrility is a noun.
What is the plural of scurrility?
The plural of scurrility is scurrilities.

Words near scurrility in the dictionary

  1. scurril
  2. scurrile
  3. scurrilist
  4. scurrilists
  5. scurrilities
  6. scurrility
  7. scurrilize
  8. scurrilized
  9. scurrilizes
  10. scurrilizing
  11. scurrilous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scurrility (page history and authors); scurrility (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scurrility (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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