11.4.07

Word of the Day

I have been on a quest this afternoon to discover the meaning of the word "scurrilous." And though I asked several people, no one knew the answer. (Of course, it didn't help that I mistakenly thought the word was "scrivulous") But no, the word is scurrilous, and hear is what it means:


Main Entry: scurrilous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: vulgar
Synonyms: abusive, coarse, contumelious, defamatory, dirty, filthy, foul, foul-mouthed, gross, indecent, infamous, insulting, invective, lewd, low, nasty, obscene, offending, offensive, opprobrious, outrageous, raunchy, ribald, salacious, scabrous, scandalous, shameless, slanderous, smutty*, truculent, vituperative, vituperatory, vituperrious
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1)
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* = informal or slang

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