Vul*gar"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. vulgarit'e, L. vulgaritas the multitude.]
1.
The quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of life; the state of the lower classes of society.
Sir T. Browne.
2.
Grossness or clownishness of manners of language; absence of refinement; coarseness.
The reprobate vulgarity of the frequenters of Bartholomew Fair.
B. Jonson.
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