Scur-ril'i-ty, n.

n. [Lat. scurrilitas, Fr. scurrilité, It. scurrilità, Sp. escurrilidad.] 1. The quality of being scurrile or scurrilous; mean, vile, or obscene jocularity. Your reasons . . . have been sharp and sententious, pleasant without scurrility. Shak. 2. That which is scurrile or scurrilous; gross or obscene language or behavior; low buffoonery; vulgar abuse. “Interrupting prayers and sermons with clamor and scurrility.” Macaulay. Syn.—Scurrilousness; abuse; insolence; vulgarity; indecency.