scurrilous (skurilus)

[ One would suspect him [John Standish] not the same man called by Bale a scurril lous fool, and admired by Pits for piety and learning, jealous lest another man should be more wise to salvation than himself. Fuller , Worthies, Lancashire, II. 203. Though a fierce, unscrupulous, and singularly scurrilous political writer, he [Swift] was not, in the general character of his politics, a violent man. Lecky, Eng. in 18th Cent., i. 2. Containing low indecency or abuse; foul; vile: as, scurrilous language. He is ever merry, but still modest; not di olved into undecent laughter, or tickled with wit scurrilous or inju Habington , Castara, iii. rio us. A companion that is cheerful, and free from swearing and scurrilous discourse, is worth gold. I. Walton , Complete Angler, p. 87. 3. Opprobrious; abusive; offensive. How often do we see a person, whose intentions are visibly to do good by the works he publishes, treated in as scurrilous a manner as if he were an enemy to mankind! Add is on, Freeholder, No. 40. gro . =Syn. Ribald, blackguard, indecent, coarse, vulgar, scurrilously (skur'i-lus-li), adv . In a scurrilous manner; with scurrility. He spoke so scurrilously of you, I had no patience to hear him. Wycherley, Country Wife, ii. 1. scurrilousne (skur'i-lus-nes), n . Scurrilous character; indecency of language or manners; scurrility. Bailey. the muscles, rendering them hard and brawny, hemorrhages beneath the skin, rheumatoid pains, anemia, and prostration. It occurs at all ages and in all climates, and usually develops in those employing an unvaried diet, especially one from which vegetables are excluded. Also called scorbutus. - Button scurvy, an epidemic of cachectic disease observed in the south of Ireland, characterized by button-like excrescences on the skin.-Land-scurvy, purpura.