scurrile
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of scurrile
1560–70; < Latin scurrīlis jeering, equivalent to scurr ( a ) buffoon + -īlis -ile
Example Sentences
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The writers paid by the party antagonistic to the Borgia growth in power therefore slung the more scurrile accusation.
From She Stands Accused by Victor MacClure
They made scurrile jests about his figure, as though a statesman must be necessarily a sculptor's model!
From Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln by Isacc Newton Arnold
Beside this corpse that bears for winding sheet The stars and stripes he lived to rear anew, Between the mourners at his head and feet, Say, scurrile jester, is there room for you?
From The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 1: 1832-1843 by Abraham Lincoln
Those lips had certainly never parted to laugh at or to utter a scurrile jest.
From L'Arrabiata and Other Tales by Paul Heyse
"Peace with thy scurrile jests!" answered Edith, colouring deeply.
From The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott
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