Fescennine

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English

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Etymology

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From the Latin Fescennīnus.

Adjective

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Fescennine (comparative more Fescennine, superlative most Fescennine)

  1. Of or pertaining to the ancient Etruscan town of Fescennia
  2. obscene or scurrilous
    • 1856, Richard Francis Burton, Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to El-Madinah and Meccah, G. P. Putnam & Co., page 20:
      At this hour the seat was as in a theatre, but the words of the actors were of a nature somewhat too Fescennine for the public.
    • 1977, C. John McCole, Lucifer at Large, Ayer Publishing, page 108:
      And when Freudian fiction becomes – as it has become in America – but an inviting wall on which to scribble Fescennine filth – that, too, is another matter.

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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Fescennīne

  1. vocative masculine singular of Fescennīnus

Noun

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Fescennīne m

  1. vocative singular of Fescennīnus