Hypertext Webster Gateway: "obscene"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Obscene \Ob*scene"\, a/ [L. obscenus, obscaenus, obscoenus, ill
looking, filthy, obscene: cf. F. obsc['e]ne.]
1. Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of presenting
to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and
decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene
language; obscene pictures.
Words that were once chaste, by frequent use grew
obscene and uncleanly. --I. Watts.
2. Foul; fifthy; disgusting.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
obscene
adj 1: designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often
becomes flagrantly obscene"- Margaret Mead
2: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene
massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs";
"repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in
recent novels" [syn: {abhorrent}, {detestable}, {repugnant},
{repulsive}]
3: suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd
whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture";
"obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" [syn: {lewd},
{salacious}]
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