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obscene
English
Etymology
From Middle French obscene (modern French obscène (“indecent, obscene”)), and from its etymon Latin obsc?nus, obscaenus (“inauspicious; ominous; disgusting, filthy; offensive, repulsive; indecent, lewd, obscene”). The further etymology is uncertain, but may be from ob- (prefix meaning ‘towards’) + caenum (“dirt, filth; mire, mud”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?weyn- (“to make dirty, soil; filth; mud”)) or scaevus (“left, on the left side; clumsy; (figurative) unlucky”) (from Proto-Indo-European *skeh?iwo-).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?si?n/
- (General American) enPR: ?b-s?n?, IPA(key): /?b?sin/
- Rhymes: -i?n
- Hyphenation: ob?scene
Adjective
obscene (comparative obscener or more obscene, superlative obscenest or most obscene) (see usage notes)
- Offensive to current standards of decency or morality.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:obscene
- Antonyms: decent, moral, nonobscene
- Lewd or lustful.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:obscene
- Antonyms: chaste, nonobscene, pure
- Disgusting or repulsive.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:obscene
- Antonym: nonobscene
- (by extension) Beyond all reason; excessive.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:excessive
- Antonyms: see Thesaurus:moderate
- (chiefly Britain, criminal law) Liable to corrupt or deprave.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:obscene
- Antonyms: decent, nonobscene
Usage notes
- The comparative form obscener and superlative form obscenest, though formed by valid rules for English, are less common than more obscene and most obscene.
- In criminal law, many jurisdictions distinguish between the terms obscene, indecent, and profane when regulating broadcasted content, with obscene typically being the most severe of the three categories.
Alternative forms
- obscæne (obsolete)
Derived terms
- nonobscene
- obscenely
- obsceneness (rare)
- obscenometer (humorous, obsolete)
Related terms
- obscenity
- obscenous (obsolete)
- obscenousness (obsolete)
Translations
References
Further reading
- obscenity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin
Adjective
obsc?ne
- vocative masculine singular of obsc?nus
References
- obscene in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- obscene in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obscene in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Romanian
Adjective
obscene f pl
- feminine plural of obscen
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fescennine
English
Alternative forms
- Fescennine
Etymology
From Latin Fescenn?nus, from the name of the ancient Etruscan town of Fescennia, noted for the "Fescennine Verses", a tradition of scurrilous songs performed on special occasions.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?f?s?n??n/
Adjective
fescennine (comparative more fescennine, superlative most fescennine)
- Obscene or scurrilous.
- 1988, James D. Simmonds, Milton Studies, Volume 6, University of Pittsburgh Press, p.168
- As the poet decorously shows his desire to consummate the marriage, he retains the fescennine element without being crude.
- 1995, John Donne & Gary A. Stringer, The variorum edition of the poetry of John Donne: The Epigrams, Epithalamions, Epitaphs, Inscriptions and Miscellaneous poems, Indiana University Press, pp.380-1
- The conventional complaint over the delay in the proceedings is voiced by the poet in […] [this] series of questions which include fescennine teasing of the bridal couple
- 2003, Mark Steven Morton, The Lover's Tongue: A Merry Romp Through the Language of Love and Sex, Insomniac Press, p.25
- For instance, I admit that this book is anacreontic, paphian, and sometimes even fescennine […]
- 1988, James D. Simmonds, Milton Studies, Volume 6, University of Pittsburgh Press, p.168
Translations
References
Italian
Adjective
fescennine
- feminine plural of fescennino
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