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scurrile

Meaninga buffoon

Common meaning: coarsely joking

Journey through time

  1. Latinscurra‘a buffoon’source
  2. Latinmeaning shiftsa buffoon → buffoon-likescurrilis‘buffoon-like’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsbuffoon-like → coarsely jokingscurrile‘coarsely joking’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin scurra ‘a buffoon’.

Roots

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