uncouth, indecent; lacking in taste; vernacular; ordinary; offensively gaudy
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Vulgar Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The vernacular, or common language.
The vernacular, or common language.
(n.)
One of the common people; a vulgar person.
One of the common people; a vulgar person.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the mass, or multitude, of people; common; general; ordinary; public; hence, in general use; vernacular.
Of or pertaining to the mass, or multitude, of people; common; general; ordinary; public; hence, in general use; vernacular.
(a.)
Hence, lacking cultivation or refinement; rustic; boorish; also, offensive to good taste or refined feelings; low; coarse; mean; base; as, vulgar men, minds, language, or manners.
Hence, lacking cultivation or refinement; rustic; boorish; also, offensive to good taste or refined feelings; low; coarse; mean; base; as, vulgar men, minds, language, or manners.
(a.)
Belonging or relating to the common people, as distinguished from the cultivated or educated; pertaining to common life; plebeian; not select or distinguished; hence, sometimes, of little or no value.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutBelonging or relating to the common people, as distinguished from the cultivated or educated; pertaining to common life; plebeian; not select or distinguished; hence, sometimes, of little or no value.
vulgar
\vul"gar\, n. [cf. f. vulgaire.]
1. one of the common people; a vulgar person. [obs.] these vile vulgars are extremely proud.
2. the vernacular, or common language. [obs.]
vulgar
\vul"gar\ (?), a. [l. vulgaris, from vulgus the multitude, the common people; of uncertain origin: cf. f. vulgaire. cf. divulge.] 1. of or pertaining to the mass, or multitude, of people; common; general; ordinary; public; hence, in general use; vernacular. "as common as any the most vulgar thing to sense. " -- shak. things vulgar, and well-weighed, scarce worth the praise. it might be more useful to the english reader to write in our vulgar language. fell. the mechanical process of multiplying books had brought the new testament in the vulgar tongue within the reach of every class.
2. belonging or relating to the common people, as distinguished from the cultivated or educated; pertaining to common life; plebeian; not select or distinguished; hence, sometimes, of little or no value. "like the vulgar sort of market men." men who have passed all their time in low and vulgar life. in reading an account of a battle, we follow the hero with our whole attention, but seldom reflect on the vulgar heaps of slaughter. --rambler.
3. hence, lacking cultivation or refinement; rustic; boorish; also, offensive to good taste or refined feelings; low; coarse; mean; base; as, vulgar men, minds, language, or manners. be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.
vulgar
fraction. (arith.) see under fraction.
vulgar
adj
1. lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich" [syn: coarse, common, uncouth]
2. of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses" [syn: common, plebeian, unwashed]
3. being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species" [syn: common, vernacular]
4. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited" [syn: coarse, crude, earthy, gross]
similar words(2)
vulgar fraction
vulgar latin
(common) coitchionn
(rude) gráisceamhail, gráisciúil
(rude) gráisceamhail, gráisciúil
Gwerin = n. the multitude, a. vulgar, or universal
Gwerinol = a. universal; vulgar
Adjective
1. lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"
(synonym) coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth
(similar) unrefined
2. of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"
(synonym) common, plebeian, unwashed
(similar) lowborn
3. being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species"
(synonym) common, vernacular
(similar) informal
4. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited"
(synonym) coarse, crude, earthy, gross
(similar) indecent
Vulgar Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A vulgarism (from Latin vulgus, the "mean folk"), also called scurrility, is a colloquialism of an unpleasant action or unrefined character, which substitutes a coarse, indecorous word where the context might lead the reader to expect a more refined expression.
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