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Fescennine, a. and n.|ˈfɛsəˌnaɪn|
[ad. L. Fescennīn-us pertaining to Fescennia in Etruria, famous for a sort of jeering dialogues in verse.]
A. adj. esp. in Fescennine verses. Pertaining to or characteristic of Fescennia; usually in a bad sense, licentious, obscene, scurrilous.
1601Holland Pliny I. 443 Wanton Fescennine ceremonies. a1637B. Jonson Underwoods (1640) 243 We..dare not aske our wish in Language fescennine. 1726Amherst Terræ Fil. i. (ed. 3) 1 A merry oration in the fescennine manner. 1815Scott Guy M. xxxvi, To repeat a certain number of Fescennine verses. 1873Symonds Grk. Poets viii. 252 A rude Fescennine license.
†B. n. A song or verses of a licentious or scurrilous character. Obs.
1621–51Burton Anat. Mel. iii. i. i. i. 409 Menander..did..write Fescennines, Attellanes, and lascivious songs. 1660Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. ii. iii. rule 5 §1, I haue seene parts of Virgil changed into impure fescennines. |