fescennine
scurrilous; licentious; obscene: fescennine mockery.
Origin of fescennine
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How to use fescennine in a sentence
The principal constituent element in this fescennine poetry was obscene mockery.
The Oxford Book of Latin Verse | VariousBut just as it takes two to make a quarrel, so the obscene mockery of the fescennine verses required two principals.
The Oxford Book of Latin Verse | Variousfescennine verses of the Romans, which were used at weddings and triumphs, were intended to ward off ill luck.
Folkways | William Graham SumnerThe original fescennine verse appears, from the testimony of Horace, to have been in metrical dialogue.
The Roman Poets of the Republic | William Young SellarThe fescennine raillery long retained traces of this original character.
The Roman Poets of the Republic | William Young Sellar
British Dictionary definitions for Fescennine
/ (ˈfɛsɪˌnaɪn) /
rare scurrilous or obscene
Origin of Fescennine
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