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1
the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste
- our cousins' general vulgarity and poor manners irritate my mother
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2
the quality or state of being obscene
- the pointless vulgarity of the joke disgusted her
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“Vulgarity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vulgarity. Accessed 25 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of vulgarity was in 1579
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