Pro-făn'-i-ty, n.

noun

n. [Lat. profanitas, It. profanità, Sp. profundidad.]

  1. The quality or character of being profane; profaneness; irreverence; especially, the use of profane language; blasphemy.
  2. That which is profane; profane language.

In a revel of debauchery, amid the brisk interchange of profanity and folly, religion might appear a dumb, unsocial intruder. Buckminster.