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scurrility

noun

  1. Something that is scurrilous.

    countable, uncountable

    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: […]

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry scurrility (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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