obscenity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: obscenity	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for obscenity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obscenity n the trait of behaving in an obscene manner [syn: obscenity, lewdness, bawdiness, salaciousness, salacity] an offensive or indecent word or phrase Synonym(s): obscenity, smut, vulgarism, filth, dirty word an obscene act
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obscenity \Obscen"ity\, n.; pl. {Obscenities}. [L. obscentias: cf.F. obsc[82]nit[82].] That quality in words or things which presents what is offensive to chasity or purity of mind; obscene or impure lanquage or acts; moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; as, the obscenity of a speech, or a picture. Mr.Cowley asserts plainly, that obscenity has no place in wit. --Dryden. No pardon vile obscenity should find. --Pope.