Ob-scēne'ness or Ob-scēn'i-ty, n.

n. [Lat. obscenitas, Fr. obscénité, Sp. obscenidad, It. oscenità. See supra.] That quality in words or things which presents what is offensive to chastity or purity of mind; ribaldry; impurity; lewdness.

To wash the obscenities of night away. Dryden.

No pardon vile obscenity should find. Pope.