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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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unpolished
English
Etymology
un- +? polished
Adjective
unpolished (comparative more unpolished, superlative most unpolished)
- Not polished; not brought to a polish.
- Deprived of polish.
- Not refined in manners or style
- Synonyms: plain, rude, uncivilized; see also Thesaurus:impolite
- Antonyms: civilized, polished, refined
Derived terms
- unpolishedness
Translations
References
- unpolished in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “unpolished”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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