Ob*scen"i*ty (?), n.;
pl. Obscenities (#). [L.
obscentias: cf.F. obscénité.] That quality in words or things which presents what is offensive to chasity 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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