scurrilousadj.

/ˈskʌrɪləs/

Forms: Also 1500s skurulous, 1600s scurulous, scurrillous.

Etymology: < scurrile adj. + -ous suffix.

‘Using such language as only the licence of a buffoon can warrant’ (Johnson); characterized by coarseness or indecency of language, esp. in jesting and invective; coarsely opprobrious or jocular.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > ribald or scurrilous

foulOE

ribaldya1438

ribaldousc1440

villainous1470

ribald?a1500

ribaldious?1518

ribaldry1519

ribaldish?1533

rabulous1538

reprobriousa1539

ribaldrous1565

scurrile1567

profane1568

swearing1569

ribaldly1570

scurrilous1576

tarry1579

Fescennine verses1601

scogginly1620

ribaldrious1633

rotten in one's head1640

Billingsgate1652

promiscuous1753

blackguarding1789

blue1832

1576 G. Gascoigne Droomme of Doomes Day in Wks. (1910) II. 419 What shall we thinke of skurulous, deceyptfull, byting, slanderous..wordes?

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. Ded. sig. A5 The scurrilous and more then Satyricall immodestie of Martinisme.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 214 Forewarne him, that he vse no scurrilous words in's tunes.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxi. 110 Sometimes a scurrilous Jester, as Hyperbolus.

1716 J. Addison Freeholder No. 23. ⁋1 They are grown scurrilous upon the Royal family.

1828 T. B. Macaulay Hallam's Constit. Hist. in Edinb. Rev. Sept. 105 They might be violent in innovation, and scurrilous in controversy.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §2. 359 The old scurrilous ballads were heard again in the streets.

Derivatives

ˈscurrilously adv. in a scurrilous manner; †after the manner of a buffoon.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > [adverb] > in a scurrilous manner

ribaldously1481

ribaldiouslyc1530

scurrilously1597

scurrilely1647

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adverb] > in the manner of a buffoon

scurrilously1597

1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. xxxiii. 370 Such as shamed not assoone as they had glutted their..heads with wine, to fall scurrilously a daunsing.

1666 S. Pepys Diary 17 Oct. (1972) VII. 327 Heard the Duke discourse, which he did mighty scurrilously, of the French.

1789 W. Belsham Ess. (1799) II. 369 He has been..scurrilously reviled as the genuine successor and counterpart of..Hugh Peters.

ˈscurrilousness n.

ΚΠ

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Scurrilousness, scandalous Language, saucy Drollery, Buffoonry.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	scurrilous
释义	scurrilousadj. /ˈskʌrɪləs/ Forms: Also 1500s skurulous, 1600s scurulous, scurrillous. Etymology: < scurrile adj. + -ous suffix. ‘Using such language as only the licence of a buffoon can warrant’ (Johnson); characterized by coarseness or indecency of language, esp. in jesting and invective; coarsely opprobrious or jocular. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > ribald or scurrilous foulOE ribaldya1438 ribaldousc1440 villainous1470 ribald?a1500 ribaldious?1518 ribaldry1519 ribaldish?1533 rabulous1538 reprobriousa1539 ribaldrous1565 scurrile1567 profane1568 swearing1569 ribaldly1570 scurrilous1576 tarry1579 Fescennine verses1601 scogginly1620 ribaldrious1633 rotten in one's head1640 Billingsgate1652 promiscuous1753 blackguarding1789 blue1832 1576 G. Gascoigne Droomme of Doomes Day in Wks. (1910) II. 419 What shall we thinke of skurulous, deceyptfull, byting, slanderous..wordes? 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. Ded. sig. A5 The scurrilous and more then Satyricall immodestie of Martinisme. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 214 Forewarne him, that he vse no scurrilous words in's tunes. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxi. 110 Sometimes a scurrilous Jester, as Hyperbolus. 1716 J. Addison Freeholder No. 23. ⁋1 They are grown scurrilous upon the Royal family. 1828 T. B. Macaulay Hallam's Constit. Hist. in Edinb. Rev. Sept. 105 They might be violent in innovation, and scurrilous in controversy. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §2. 359 The old scurrilous ballads were heard again in the streets. Derivatives ˈscurrilously adv. in a scurrilous manner; †after the manner of a buffoon. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [adverb] > in a scurrilous manner ribaldously1481 ribaldiouslyc1530 scurrilously1597 scurrilely1647 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adverb] > in the manner of a buffoon scurrilously1597 1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. xxxiii. 370 Such as shamed not assoone as they had glutted their..heads with wine, to fall scurrilously a daunsing. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 17 Oct. (1972) VII. 327 Heard the Duke discourse, which he did mighty scurrilously, of the French. 1789 W. Belsham Ess. (1799) II. 369 He has been..scurrilously reviled as the genuine successor and counterpart of..Hugh Peters. ˈscurrilousness n. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Scurrilousness, scandalous Language, saucy Drollery, Buffoonry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1576
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