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Word: Vulgar
Speech Type: Adjective
late Middle English: from Latin vulgaris, from vulgus ‘common people’. The original senses were ‘used in ordinary calculations’ (surviving in vulgar fraction) and ‘in ordinary use, used by the people’ (surviving in vulgar tongue)
ˈvʌlɡə
lacking sophistication or good taste
Short Definition:lacking sophistication or good taste
Examples:- a vulgar check suit
making explicit and offensive reference to sex or bodily functions; coarse and rude
Short Definition:making explicit and offensive reference to sex
Examples:- a vulgar joke
characteristic of or belonging to ordinary people.
Short Definition:characteristic of or belonging to ordinary people
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