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Obscene
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene language; obscene pictures. Words that were once chaste, by frequent use grew obscene and uncleanly. I. Watts.
2. Foul; fifthy; disgusting. A girdle foul with grease bobscene attire. Dryden.
3. Inauspicious; ill-omened. [R.] [A Latinism] At the cheerful light, The groaning ghosts and birds obscene take flight. Dryden.
Synonyms: Impure; immodest; indecent; unchaste; lewd. Ob*scene"ly, adv. Ob*scene"ness, n.