Vul*gar"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. vulgarité, 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.

Vul`gar*i*za"tion (?), n. The act or process of making vulgar, or

common.

Vul"gar*ize (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Vulgarized (?); p. pr. & vb.

n. Vulgarizing (?).] [Cf. F. vulgariser, LL. vulgarizare.] To make

vulgar, or common.

Exhortation vulgarized by low wit.

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