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scurrile
[ skur-il, -ahyl, skuhr- ]
/ ˈskɜr ɪl, -aɪl, ˈskʌr- /
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adjective Archaic.
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Origin of scurrile
Words nearby scurrile
scupper, scuppernong, scur, scurf, scurfy, scurrile, scurrility, scurrilous, scurry, S-curve, scurvy
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How to use scurrile in a sentence
The writers paid by the party antagonistic to the Borgia growth in power therefore slung the more scurrile accusation.
She Stands Accused|Victor MacClureHis companions laughed merrily, and burst out into a scurrile song in ridicule of St. Trochu.
The Parisians, Complete|Edward Bulwer-LyttonThey made scurrile jests about his figure, as though a statesman must be necessarily a sculptor's model!
Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln|Isaac Newton Arnold