scurrility

His tongue might avenge him; scurrility is his strong point.

The Gentleman's Magazine, also, ministered to the gratification of its readers by scurrility like the following.

Not that scurrility and the basest of personalities from Mr O'Connell are either novelties, or difficult to bear.

Indeed, the more exalted the personage, and the more entitled to respect, the greater might be their scurrility.