Category:Obscene

Ob*scene", a/ etym: [l. obscenus, obscaenus, obscoenus, ill looking, Filthy, obscene: cf. F. obscéne.]

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. A girdle foul with grease bobscene attire. Dryden.

3. Inauspicious; ill-omened. [r.] [a latinism] At the cheerful light, the groaning ghosts and birds obscene take Flight. Dryden.

Syn. -- impure; immodest; indecent; unchaste; lewd. -- ob*scene"ly, adv. -- ob*scene"ness, n.