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English Dictionary: vulgarity by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vulgarity
n
  1. the quality of lacking taste and refinement [syn: coarseness, commonness, grossness, vulgarity, vulgarism, raunch]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vulgarity \Vul*gar"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. vulgarit[82], L. vulgaritas
      the multitude.]
      1. The quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of
            life; the state of the lower classes of society. --Sir T.
            Browne.
  
      2. Grossness or clownishness of manners of language; absence
            of refinement; coarseness.
  
                     The reprobate vulgarity of the frequenters of
                     Bartholomew Fair.                              --B. Jonson.
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