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vulgarian en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /vʌlˈɡɛəɹi.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /vʌlˈɡɛəɹi.ən/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From vulgar + -ian. Compare Late Latin vulgārius, Latin vulgāris.
Meanings
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Having the characteristics of a vulgarian, vulgar.
Your vulgarian friend is downstairs, denting innocent people's fenders.
1986, Tim Kazurinsky, Denise DeClue, About Last Night, spoken by Joan (Elizabeth Perkins):
Forms
Translations (17)
ja 俗物の (having the characteristics of a vulgarian) · vi người thường (having the characteristics of a vulgarian) · pt vulgar (having the characteristics of a vulgarian) · hy գռեհիկ (having the characteristics of a vulgarian) · pl prostacki (having the characteristics of a vulgarian) · ko 속물의 (having the characteristics of a vulgarian) · sv vulgär (having the characteristics of a vulgarian) · fi rahvaanomainen (having the characteristics of a vulgarian) · ru вульга́рный (having the characteristics of a vulgarian) · uk вульга́рний (having the characteristics of a vulgarian) · sq vulgar (having the characteristics of a vulgarian) · el χυδαίος (having the characteristics of a vulgarian) · be вульга́рны (having the characteristics of a vulgarian) · es vulgariano (having the characteristics of a vulgarian) · pl plebejski (having the characteristics of a vulgarian) · hy ռամկաբարո (having the characteristics of a vulgarian) · pl wulgarny (having the characteristics of a vulgarian)
vulgarian en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /vʌlˈɡɛəɹi.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /vʌlˈɡɛəɹi.ən/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From vulgar + -ian. Compare Late Latin vulgārius, Latin vulgāris.
Meanings
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A vulgar individual, especially one who emphasizes or is oblivious to his or her vulgar qualities.
But to have spent one's youth at college, in contact with the choice and rare and precious, and yet still to be a blind prig or vulgarian, unable to scent out human excellence or to divine it amid its accidents, to know it only when ticketed and labeled and forced on us by others, this indeed should be accounted the very calamity and shipwreck of a higher education.
1907, William James, Social Value of the College-Bred:He was by this time on the deck, but he had the art to be quite unapproachable; the friendliest vulgarian, three parts drunk, would have known better than take liberties...
1894, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Ebb-Tide:She is a bitch in heat, a mindless grinning vulgarian, and a shrewd and desperate schemer all at once.
1976 April 26, Rob Schmeider, “Entertaining Mr. Sloane (review)”, in Gay Community News, page 21:Leading the attack on the president's very citizenship is the professional vulgarian Donald Trump, who gets away with the kind of preposterous, race-based comments granted few black public figures.
2014 December 4, Timothy Egan, “A deficit of dignity”, in The New York Times:
Forms
Translations (55)
th คนสามหาว (vulgar individual) · mk простак (vulgar individual) · tr sonradan görme (vulgar individual) · it individuo volgare (vulgar individual) · fa ادم عوام (vulgar individual) · cmn 俗物 (vulgar individual) · fi juntti (vulgar individual) · ko 속물 (vulgar individual) · hu közönséges ember (vulgar individual) · ru грубия́н (vulgar individual) · th คนต่ำช้า (vulgar individual) · vi người tầm thường (vulgar individual) · tr görgüsüz kimse (vulgar individual) · lt pragurbėlis (vulgar individual) · lt iškilėlis (vulgar individual) · gl vulgar (vulgar individual) · ja 俗物 (vulgar individual) · lv vulgārs cilvēks (vulgar individual) · ru вы́скочка (vulgar individual) · fa ادم عامی و پست (vulgar individual) · bg парвеню (vulgar individual) · sk zbohatlík (vulgar individual) · de Plebejer (vulgar individual) · hy խուժան (vulgar individual) · de Pöbel (vulgar individual) · hy անտաշ մարդ (vulgar individual) · ka უხეში (vulgar individual) · be вульга́рны (vulgar individual) · lt vulgarus žmogus (vulgar individual) · pl prostaczka (vulgar individual) · nl proleet (vulgar individual) · ru парвеню́ (vulgar individual) · pt indivíduo/pessoa vulgar (vulgar individual) · th คนหยาบคาย (vulgar individual) · lv iznirelis (vulgar individual) · cs plebejec (vulgar individual) · ka მდაბიო (vulgar individual) · sh prostak (vulgar individual) · hy գռեհիկ մարդ (vulgar individual) · ru хам (vulgar individual) · pl prostak (vulgar individual) · hy ռամիկ (vulgar individual) · hy չոբան (vulgar individual) · el αγροίκος νεόπλουτος (vulgar individual) · ru ха́мка (vulgar individual) · ru грубия́нка (vulgar individual) · hi नौबढ़ (vulgar individual) · sq njeri vulgar (vulgar individual) · bg простак (vulgar individual) · es vulgar (vulgar individual) · pl osoba wulgarna (vulgar individual) · id orang yg bertingkah laku kasar (vulgar individual) · cmn 俗人 (vulgar individual) · ka ვულგარული ადამიანი (vulgar individual) · ka უკმეხი (vulgar individual)