Obscenities

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Obscenity \Ob*scen"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Obscenities}. [L. obscentias:
     cf. F. obsc['e]nit['e].]
     That quality in words or things which presents what is
     offensive to chastity or purity of mind; obscene or impure
     lanquage or acts; moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; as,
     the obscenity of a speech, or a picture.


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           Mr. Cowley asserts plainly, that obscenity has no place
           in wit.                                  --Dryden.
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           No pardon vile obscenity should find.    --Pope.
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