vulgarism en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English vulgar Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English vulgarism From vulgar + -ism.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Vulgarity.
Amidst his manuscript notes for Democratic Vistas he [Walt Whitman] wrote himself a reminder to "offset the statement of depravity [and] vulgarism ... of the masses by a full acknowledgment of the latent heroism."
Walt Whitman quoted in 1998, Richard J. Ellis, The Dark Side of the Left: Illiberal Egalitarianism in America (page 79)
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(countable, uncountable) A word or term that is considered offensive or vulgar.
"Shit" is a vulgarism.
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(countable, uncountable) A spelling, word, or phrase used in common speech that is considered improper or incorrect for formal communication.
Editors of newspapers allow more vulgarisms to go to print today than they used to.
We never descended to the vulgarism of a quarrel. People said that neither of us had a heart, but it appears to me that politeness is an excellent substitute.
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Result”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 233:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| vulgarisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
vulgar · vulgarist · vulgarity
Translations (8)
ru вульгари́зм (word or term that is considered offensive or vulgar) · es vulgarismo (spelling, word, or phrase considered improper or incorrect for formal communication) · gv caaynt chadjin (spelling, word, or phrase considered improper or incorrect for formal communication) · gl vulgarismo (spelling, word, or phrase considered improper or incorrect for formal communication) · bg вулгаризъм (word or term that is considered offensive or vulgar) · pl wulgaryzm (word or term that is considered offensive or vulgar) · cs vulgarismus (word or term that is considered offensive or vulgar) · de Vulgarismus (word or term that is considered offensive or vulgar)