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   scurrilous

   /ˈskʌrɪləs/

   adjective

   • 1. making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation: "a scurrilous attack on his integrity"
   • ▪ humorously insulting: "a very funny collection of bawdy and scurrilous writings"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French scurrile or Latin scurrilus (from scurra ‘buffoon’) + -ous.

   Derivatives

   • 1. scurrilously adverb
   • 2. scurrilousness noun

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   What is a scurrilous person?

   • Qualities traditionally associated with buffoonery—vulgarity, irreverence, and indecorousness—are qualities often invoked by the word scurrilous. Unlike the words of a jester, however, “scurrilous” language of the present day more often intends to seriously harm or slander someone than to produce a few laughs.

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   What is another word for scurrilous?

   • Synonyms for scurrilous. Collins. Roget's. WordNet. adj expressing offensive reproach. Synonyms. abusive. opprobrious. Related Words.

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   Where does the word scurrilous come from?

   • Scurrilous (and its much rarer relation scurrile, which has the same meaning) comes from the Middle French word scurrile, which comes ultimately from the Latin noun scurra, meaning “buffoon” or “jester.” Fittingly, 18th-century lexicographer Samuel Johnson defined scurrilous as “using such language as only the licence of a buffoon could warrant.”

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   What does scurrile mean?

   • "given to the use of low and indecent language," "using such language as only the licence of a buffoon can warrant" [Johnson], 1570s, from scurrile "coarsely joking" (implied in scurrility ), from Latin scurrilis "buffoon-like," from scurra "fashionable city idler, man-about-town," later "buffoon."

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