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Definition of Obscener
1. obscene [adj] - See also: obscene
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obscener
Literary usage of Obscener
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (1853)
"... Sudden, our hands a spotted pard restrain; Then, arm'd with tusks, and lightning
in his eyes, A hoar's obscener shape the god belies : On spiry volumes, ..."
2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"There the obscener birds of night, }!irds that in gloomy shades delight, Shall
solitude enjoy, live undisturb'd by light. All the ill omens of the air Shall ..."
3. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"Thunder and lightning now for wit are And shortly scenes in Lapland will be laid:
Art magic is for poetry profess'd; And cats and dogs, and each obscener ..."
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