vulgarity
/vəlˈɡeɹɪti/vuhl-GEH-rih-tee
/vəlˈɡɛɹɪti/vuhl-GEH-rih-tee
Meaningthe quality of being vulgar
Common meaning: crudeness
Other meanings: bad taste
- vulgthe common peopleLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 2015 · scan
- aradjective or noun ending: of, belonging to
- itynoun ending: being so, the quality of
Journey through time
- Latinvulgus‘the common people’
- Frenchvulgaire
- Englishvulgar‘lacking refinement’
- Englishformed in English from vulgarvulgarity‘crudeness’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from vulgar + -ity.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), VULGAR, p.690 · scan
Roots
- vulgus Latin “the common people”
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