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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: scurrilis, from scurra 'stupid person'

scurrilous

 adjective
     
scur‧ri‧lous formal
scurrilous remarks, articles etc contain damaging and untrue statements about someone:
a scurrilous attack on his integrity
—scurrilously adverb
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