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Definition of Scurrile
1. a. Such as befits a buffoon or vulgar jester; grossly opprobrious or loudly jocose in language; scurrilous; as, scurrile taunts.
Definition of Scurrile
1. Adjective. (archaic) Scurrilous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scurrile
1. expressed in coarse and abusive language [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scurrile
Literary usage of Scurrile
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1880)
"Any scurrile pamphlet is welcome to our mercenary stationers in English; they
print all, ... scurrile ..."
2. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1870)
"Any scurrile pamphlet is welcome to our mercenary stationers in English; they
print all, ... scurrile ..."
3. M. Tullii Ciceronis de oratore libri tres, with notes by A.S. Wilkins by Marcus Tullius Cicero (1881)
"Sed sedebat iudex L. Aurifex brevior ipse quam testis etiam : omnis est risus in
iudicem conversus ; visum est totum scurrile ridiculum. ..."
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