- scurrilities
- scurrilous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ making scandalous claims about someone in order to damage their reputation.DERIVATIVES scurrility noun (pl. scurrilities) .ORIGIN Latin scurrilus, from scurra 'buffoon' .
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