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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
obscene \obscene"\, a. l. obscenus, obscaenus, obscoenus, ill
looking, filthy, obscene: cf. f. obsc'ene.
1913 webster
1. offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing or presenting
to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and
decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene
language; obscene pictures.
1913 webster
words that were once chaste, by frequent use grew
obscene and uncleanly. --i. watts.
1913 webster
2. foul; fifthy; disgusting.
1913 webster
a girdle foul with grease binds his obscene attire.
--dryden
aeneid, vi.
417.
1913 webster
3. inauspicious; ill-omened. r. a latinism
1913 webster
at the cheerful light,
the groaning ghosts and birds obscene take flight.
--dryden.
1913 webster
syn: impure; immodest; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
1913 webster -- obscene"ly, adv. --
obscene"ness, n.
1913 webster
see also:
obscene"ly obscene"ness
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
obscenely
adv 1: to an obscene degree; "this man is obscenely rich"
2: in a lewd and obscene manner; "he had seen how in their
dances the white men and women held one another obscenely"
syn: lewdly
see also:
lewdly
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