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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vul•gar /ˈvʌlgɚ/USA pronunciation adj. - characterized by or showing one's lack of refinement or good taste;
crude;
coarse. - indecent;
obscene;
lewd:a vulgar gesture; vulgar language. - Linguisticsspoken by, or being in the language spoken by, the people generally;
vernacular.
vul•gar•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vul•gar (vul′gər),USA pronunciation adj. - characterized by ignorance of or lack of good breeding or taste:vulgar ostentation.
- indecent;
obscene;
lewd:a vulgar work; a vulgar gesture. - crude;
coarse;
unrefined:a vulgar peasant. - of, pertaining to, or constituting the ordinary people in a society:the vulgar masses.
- current;
popular;
common:a vulgar success; vulgar beliefs. - Linguisticsspoken by, or being in the language spoken by, the people generally;
vernacular:vulgar tongue. - lacking in distinction, aesthetic value, or charm;
banal;
ordinary:a vulgar painting.
n. - [Archaic.]the common people.
- [Obs.]the vernacular.
- Latin vulgāris, equivalent. to vulg(us) the general public + -āris -ar1
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unrefined, inelegant, low, coarse, ribald. See common.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged boorish, rude.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged colloquial.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vulgar /ˈvʌlɡə/ adj - marked by lack of taste, culture, delicacy, manners, etc: vulgar behaviour, vulgar language
- (often capital; usually prenominal) denoting a form of a language, esp of Latin, current among common people, esp at a period when the formal language is archaic and not in general spoken use
- archaic of, relating to, or current among the great mass of common people, in contrast to the educated, cultured, or privileged; ordinary
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin vulgāris belonging to the multitude, from vulgus the common peopleˈvulgarly adv |