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单词 obscenometer
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obscenometern.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: obscene adj., -ometer comb. form.
Etymology: < obscene adj. + -ometer comb. form.
humorous. Obsolete.
An imaginary instrument for measuring the degree of indecency in something.Apparently an isolated use.
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1828 Athenæum 16 Jan. 44/1 We shall be obliged by an account, for our Scientific Report, of the obscenometer by which the ‘Stock Board’ of the Company are enabled so curiously to apportion the measures of indecency.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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