scurrile

From French scurrile, from Latin scurrilis.

scurrile (comparative more scurrile, superlative most scurrile)

1. (archaic) Scurrilous.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, III.1.1.i:

     ’Tis not scurrile this, but chaste, honest, most part serious, and even of religion itself.

   • Cowley

     the wretched affectation of scurrile laughter

   • Sir Walter Scott

     A scurrile or obscene jest will better advance you at the court of Charles than your father's ancient name.

scurrile (masculine and feminine plural scurrili)

1. scurrilous, coarse

• scurrilità