单词 | vulgar |
释义 | vulgar —vulgarly, adv. —vulgarness, n. /vul"geuhr/, adj. 1. characterized by ignorance of or lack of good breeding or taste: vulgar ostentation. 2. indecent; obscene; lewd: a vulgar work; a vulgar gesture. 3. crude; coarse; unrefined: a vulgar peasant. 4. of, pertaining to, or constituting the ordinary people in a society: the vulgar masses. 5. current; popular; common: a vulgar success; vulgar beliefs. 6. spoken by, or being in the language spoken by, the people generally; vernacular: vulgar tongue. 7. lacking in distinction, aesthetic value, or charm; banal; ordinary: a vulgar painting. n. 8. Archaic. the common people. 9. Obs. the vernacular. [1350-1400; ME < L vulgaris, equiv. to vulg(us) the general public + -aris -AR1] Syn. 1. unrefined, inelegant, low, coarse, ribald. See common. 3. boorish, rude. 6. colloquial. |
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