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Definitions for: Obscenity
[n] an obscene act
[n] the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
[n] obscene word or phrase
Webster (1913) Definition: Ob*scen"i*ty, n.; pl. Obscenities. [L. obscentias:
cf.F. obsc['e]nit['e].]
That quality in words or things which presents what is
offensive to chasity or purity of mind; obscene or impure
lanquage or acts; moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; as,
the obscenity of a speech, or a picture.
Mr.Cowley asserts plainly, that obscenity has no place
in wit. --Dryden.
No pardon vile obscenity should find. --Pope.
Synonyms: bawdiness, lewdness, salaciousness, salacity, vulgarism
See Also: bawdry, bawdy, dirtiness, impropriety, indecency, indecency, profanity, scatology, smuttiness
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