different between scurrilous vs shameless

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.
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Related terms

• scurrile
• scurrilously
• scurrilousness
• scurrility

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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

English

Etymology

From Middle English shameles, shamelees, schameles, schomeles, schomeleas, from Old English s?aml?as, s?eaml?as (“without shame; shameless”), from Proto-Germanic *skamalausaz (“shameless”), equivalent to shame +? -less. Cognate with West Frisian skamteleas (“shameless”), Dutch schaamteloos (“shameless”), German schamlos (“shameless”), Danish skamløs (“shameless”), Swedish skamlös (“shameless”), Icelandic skammlaus (“shameless; unashamed”).

Adjective

shameless (comparative more shameless, superlative most shameless)

1. Having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something considered wrong; immodest; unable to feel disgrace.

Derived terms

• shamelessly
• shamelessness

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