profanity (definition)

profanity (definition)

(definition) by Webster 1913 (unvotable) (I like it!) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:15:38
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Pro*fan"i*ty (?), n. [L. profanitas.]

1.

The quality or state of being profane; profaneness; irreverence; esp., the use of profane language; blasphemy.

2.

That which is profane; profane language or acts.

The brisk interchange of profanity and folly. Buckminster.

 

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