See Also: Obscene(money)
obscene(dictionary)
obscene(dictionary)

obscene (iou)



obscene adjective. L16.
[French obscene or Latin obsc(a)enus ill-omened, abominable, indecent.]
Highly offensive, morally repugnant; arch. repulsive, foul, loathsome. L16.
Times The obscene proposals of the Monday Club to initiate repatriation.
Offensively or grossly indecent, lewd; Law (of a publication) tending to deprave and corrupt those who are likely to read, see, or hear the contents. L16.
B. Vine An anonymous phone-caller who had said obscene things to Felicity.
Ill-omened, inauspicious. M17-M19.
obscenely adverb L16.
obsceneness noun (rare) M17.