Ob-scēne', a.

a. [Lat. obscenus, obscaenus, Fr. obscene, Sp. obsceno, It. osceno.]

1. Offensive to chastity and delicacy; expressing or presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene language; obscene pictures.
2. Foul; filthy; offensive; disgusting.

A girdle foul with grease binds his obscene attire. Dryden. 3. Inauspicious; ill-omened. [A Latinism.] At the cheerful light, The groaning ghosts and birds obscene take flight. Dryden. Syn.—Impure; immodest; indecent; unchaste; lewd.