Search results
- DictionaryFescennine/ˈfɛsɪnʌɪn/
adjective
- 1. (of words or behaviour) obscene or scurrilous in nature: literary "Fescennine licence"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
The meaning of FESCENNINE is scurrilous, obscene. Latin fescennini (versus), ribald songs sung at rustic weddings, probably from Fescinninus of Fescennium, from Fescennium, town in Etruria
Rare scurrilous or obscene.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
The earliest known use of the word Fescennine is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for Fescennine is from 1601, in a translation by Philemon Holland, translator. Fescennine is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Fescennīnus. See etymology.
Fescennine definition: Licentious; obscene. Origin of Fescennine From Latin Fescennīnus, from the name of the ancient Etruscan town of Fescennia, noted for the "Fescennine Verses," a tradition of scurrilous songs performed on special occasions.
Jun 2, 2024 · Adjective. [edit] fescennine (comparative more fescennine, superlative most fescennine) Obscene or scurrilous.
Define fescennine. fescennine synonyms, fescennine pronunciation, fescennine translation, English dictionary definition of fescennine. adj. Licentious; obscene.
Then he said something rather unflattering and fescennine about primates.” The word comes from the name of the ancient Etruscan town of Fescennia, whose location isn’t known for sure, though it was somewhere near Civita Castellana or Corchiano in the modern region of Lazio in central Italy.
