fescennine
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5ADJ.
public
VERB + FESCENNINE
include, questions, scribble
FESCENNINE + NOUN
element, filth
PREP.
without
ADV.
somewhat
Definitions
adj
Obscene or scurrilous.
[T]he frolicsome company had begun to practise the ancient and now forgotten pastime of High Jinks. This game was played in several different ways. Most frequently the dice were thrown by the company, and those upon whom the lot fell were obliged to assume and maintain, for a time, a certain fictitious character, or to repeat a certain number of fescennine verses in a particular order.
As the poet decorously shows his desire to consummate the marriage, he retains the fescennine element without being crude.
adj
Of or pertaining to the ancient Etruscan town of Fescennia
obscene or scurrilous
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.
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.
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5[T]he frolicsome company had begun to practise the ancient and now forgotten pastime of High Jinks. This game was played in several different ways. Most frequently the dice were thrown by the company,
WiktionaryAs the poet decorously shows his desire to consummate the marriage, he retains the fescennine element without being crude.
WiktionaryThe conventional complaint over the delay in the proceedings is voiced by the poet in […] [this] series of questions which include fescennine teasing of the bridal couple
WiktionaryAt 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.
WiktionaryAnd 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.
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