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Vulgar: Definition and part of speech

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Vulgar

  1. n. The vernacular, or common language.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to the mass, or multitude, of people; common; general; ordinary; public; hence, in general use; vernacular.
  3. a. Belonging or relating to the common people, as distinguished from the cultivated or educated; pertaining to common life; plebeian; not select or distinguished; hence, sometimes, of little or no value.
  4. a. Hence, lacking cultivation or refinement; rustic; boorish; also, offensive to good taste or refined feelings; low; coarse; mean; base; as, vulgar men, minds, language, or manners.
  5. n. One of the common people; a vulgar person.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Vulgarity: Definition and part of speech

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Vulgarity

  1. n. Grossness or clownishness of manners of language; absence of refinement; coarseness.
  2. n. The quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of life; the state of the lower classes of society.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Vulcanize: Definition and part of speech

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Vulcanize

  1. v. t. To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanization.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Vulcanizer: Definition and part of speech

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Vulcanizer

  1. n. One who, or that which, vulcanizes; esp., an apparatus for vulcanizing caoutchouc.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.