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vulgar

Pronunciation: /ˈvʌlgə/
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Definition of vulgar

adjective

  • 1lacking sophistication or good taste:a vulgar check suit
  • 2making explicit and offensive reference to sex or bodily functions; coarse and rude:a vulgar joke
  • 3 dated characteristic of or belonging to ordinary people.

Derivatives

vulgarly

adverb

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin vulgaris, from vulgus 'common people'. The original senses were 'used in ordinary calculations' (surviving in vulgar fraction) and 'in ordinary use, used by the people' (surviving in vulgar tongue)

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The ending of vulgar is spelled -ar.

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