scurrility
noun
a scurrilous quality or condition.
scurrilities
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pluralof scurrility.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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That’s a long list of animosities, scurrilities, grudges and indictments.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2020
Someone has been in this motel room all night, strewing scurrilities.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2019
But I always sorted myself with persons of ingenuity, temperance, and sobriety; for I loathed scurrilities in conversation, and had a natural aversion to immoderate drinking.
From The History of Thomas Ellwood Written By Himself by Thomas Ellwood
The licensing system continued in force, but was not made much use of, although the scurrilities of the press roused the Parliament every now and then into spasmodic efforts of repression.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
Dull Catholic lampoons and Puritan scurrilities did not pass thus unnoticed.
From Spenser by R. W. (Richard William) Church
