scurrile
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of scurrile
1560–70; < Latin scurrīlis jeering, equivalent to scurr ( a ) buffoon + -īlis -ile
Example Sentences
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She was no Pompadour or Du Barry to whom the scurrile De Mirecourt compared her.
From Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties by Edmund B. d'Auvergne
"Peace with thy scurrile jests!" answered Edith, colouring deeply.
From The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott
As the barking of a dog, I securely contemn those malicious and scurrile obloquies, flouts, calumnies of railers and detractors; I scorn the rest.
From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
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
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
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