fescennine
Speech parts
1. fescennine - Noun
2. fescennine - Adjective
Meaning
Pertaining to, or resembling, the Fescennines.
A style of low, scurrilous, obscene poetry originating in fescennia.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
blue
broad
offensive
gross
foul
dirty
coarse
improper
vulgar
rude
obscene
suggestive
pornographic
nasty
profane
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Examples
Why – even supposing I had the skill – do you bid me compose a song dedicated to Venus the lover of Fescennine mirth, placed as I am among long-haired hordes, having to endure German speech, praising oft with wry face the song of the gluttonous Burgundian who spreads rancid butter on his hair?