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-- Impure; immodest; indecent; unchaste; lewd.

-- Ob*scene"ly, adv. --
Ob*scene"ness, n.

Ob*scen"i*ty (?), n.; pl.
Obscenities (#). [L. obscentias: cf.F.
obscénité.] That quality in words or things
which presents what is offensive to chasity or purity of mind;
obscene or impure lanquage or acts; moral impurity; lewdness;
obsceneness; as, the obscenity of a speech, or a
picture.

Mr.Cowley asserts plainly, that obscenity has
no place in wit.

Dryden.

No pardon vile obscenity should
find.

Pope.

Ob*scur"ant (?), n. [L.
obscurans, p. pr. of obscurare to obscure.] One
who obscures; one who prevents enlightenment or hinders the progress
of knowledge and wisdom. Coleridge.

Ob*scur"ant*ism (?), n. The system
or the principles of the obscurants. C. Kingsley.

Ob*scur"ant*ist, n. Same as
Obscurant.

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