profaneness

profaneness
The quality of being profane; profanity

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  • Profaneness — Pro*fane ness, n. The quality or state of being profane; especially, the use of profane language. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • profaneness — index blasphemy, profanity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • profaneness — noun see profane II …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • profaneness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being obscene: bawdiness, coarseness, dirtiness, filthiness, foulness, grossness, lewdness, obscenity, profanity, scurrility, scurrilousness, smuttiness, vulgarity, vul garness. Slang: raunch,… …   English dictionary for students

  • profaneness — prÉ™ feɪnnɪs n. secularism, state of not being consecrated; vulgarity, crudeness; defilement of what is sacred, heresy, blasphemy …   English contemporary dictionary

  • profaneness — n. See profanity …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • profaneness — pro·fane·ness …   English syllables

  • profaneness — noun 1. an attitude of irreverence or contempt for a divinity • Derivationally related forms: ↑profane • Hypernyms: ↑irreverence 2. unholiness by virtue of being profane • Syn: ↑unsanctification • …   Useful english dictionary

  • Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage — Première page de Short View de Collier s. Jeremy Collier publia son pamphlet contre le théâtre, Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage (en français Coup d œil sur l immoralité du théâtre anglais), en mars 1698. Dans ce… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage — is an anti theatre pamphlet written in 1698 by the Non juror bishop and divine Jeremy Collier. Collier attacks the most popular recent comedies on the London stage, notably Love For Love (1695) by William Congreve and The Relapse (1696) by John… …   Wikipedia

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