[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

obscenity \obscen"ity\, n.; pl. obscenities. l. obscentias:
   cf. f. obsc'enit'e.
   that quality in words or things which presents what is
   offensive to chastity or purity of mind; obscene or impure
   lanquage or acts; moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; as,
   the obscenity of a speech, or a picture.
   1913 webster

         mr. cowley asserts plainly, that obscenity has no place
         in wit.                                  --dryden.
   1913 webster

         no pardon vile obscenity should find.    --pope.
   1913 webster
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