ob·scen·i·ty /-ˈsɛnəti ||ˈsi-/
淫穢,猥褻
Ob·scen·i·ty n.; pl. Obscenities That quality in words or things which presents what is offensive to chastity or purity of mind; obscene or impure lanquage or acts; moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; as, the obscenity of a speech, or a picture.
Mr. Cowley asserts plainly, that obscenity has no place in wit. --Dryden.
No pardon vile obscenity should find. --Pope.
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obscenity
n 1: the trait of behaving in an obscene manner [syn: lewdness,
bawdiness, salaciousness, salacity]
2: an offensive or indecent word or phrase [syn: vulgarism, dirty
word]
3: an obscene act