different between scurrile vs scurrilous

English

Etymology

From French scurrile, from Latin scurrilis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sk??a?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sk???l/, /?sk??a?l/

Adjective

scurrile (comparative more scurrile, superlative most scurrile)

1. (archaic) Scurrilous.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, III.1.1.i:

     ’Tis not scurrile this, but chaste, honest, most part serious, and even of religion itself.

   • 1668, Thomas Spratt, The Works of Mr Abraham Cowley Preface

     the wretched affectation of scurril laughter

Italian

Etymology

From Latin scurr?lis.

Adjective

scurrile (plural scurrili)

1. scurrilous, coarse

Related terms

• scurrilità

Further reading

• scurrile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

English

Etymology

From Latin scurr?lis (“buffoon-like”), from scurra (“a buffoon”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sk?.??.l?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sk???l?s/, /?sk???l?s/

Adjective

scurrilous (comparative more scurrilous, superlative most scurrilous)

1. (of a person) Given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed.
2. (of language) Coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous.
3. Gross, vulgar and evil.
   • 2013, Alex Himelfarb, Jordan Himelfarb, Tax Is Not a Four-Letter Word: A Different Take on Taxes in Canada

Related terms

• scurrile
• scurrilously
• scurrilousness
• scurrility

Translations

Further reading

• scurrilous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• scurrilous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• scurrilous at OneLook Dictionary Search