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单词 obsceneness
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obscenenessn.

Brit. /əbˈsiːnnᵻs/, U.S. /əbˈsi(n)nᵻs/
Forms: see obscene adj. and -ness suffix; also 1600s obsceannesse.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: obscene adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < obscene adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier obscenity n.
Now rare.
The quality of being obscene; offensiveness; obscenity.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun] > lewdness, bawdiness, or obscenity
filthOE
harlotryc1384
filthiness?1504
brothelry?1526
lewdness1578
obscenity1589
obscenousness1591
spurcity1608
obscenenessa1637
bawdiness1731
priapism1758
nast1789
hircosity1873
raunch1957
raunchiness1962
sluttiness1972
slackness1980
a1637 B. Jonson Timber 1904 in Wks. (1640) III Herein is seene..[the] Elegance, and Propriety [of words], when wee use them fitly,..as when wee..escape obscenenesse, and gaine in the grace and property, which helpes significance.
1647 W. Cartwright in J. Fletcher Mad Lover Pref. Whose wit our nice times would obsceannesse call.
1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. xxiv Fables..free from any note of Infamy or Obsceneness.
1709 R. Gould Wks. 24 What has this Age produc'd from Female Pens But an Obsceneness that out-strides the Men's?
1726 E. Thomas Poems Several Occasions 50 Flatt'ry she hates, all pert Obsceneness more: Nor can She Patron's for their Gold adore.
1890 F. W. O. Ward 'Twixt Kiss & Lip ii. 605 He is filthy with foulest obsceneness, Both at heart and on hand.
1899 R. W. Buchanan New Rome 298 And all the foulness and obsceneness Of dress and form, of face and look.
1985 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 8 Mar. ii. 4/4 Light a candle in the midst of the pornographic disintegration of our civilization with all its obsceneness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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