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  • 41risqué — /ri skay /; Fr. /rddees kay /, adj. daringly close to indelicacy or impropriety; off color: a risqué story. [1865 70; < F, ptp. of risquer to RISK] Syn. broad, gross, indecent, ribald. * * * …

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  • 42vulgarity — /vul gar i tee/, n., pl. vulgarities. 1. the state or quality of being vulgar: the vulgarity of his remark. 2. something vulgar, as an act or expression. [1570 80; < LL vulgaritas commonness, the public. See VULGAR, ITY] Syn. 1. tastelessness,&#8230; …

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  • 43Sheridan, Richard Brinsley — ▪ Irish playwright Introduction baptized Nov. 4, 1751, Dublin, Ire. died July 7, 1816, London, Eng.       Irish born playwright, impresario, orator, and Whig politician. His plays, notably The School for Scandal (1777), form a link in the history …

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  • 44Il Tintoretto —     Il Tintoretto     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Il Tintoretto     (JACOPO ROBUSTI)     Italian painter, b. at Venice, 1518; d. there 1594. His father was a dyer; hence his surname of Tintoretto (the little dyer). In his early youth he displayed&#8230; …

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  • 45obscenity — ob·scen·i·ty /äb se nə tē/ n pl ties 1: the quality or state of being obscene 2: something (as an utterance or act) that is obscene; also: obscene material Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 46Samean — adjective Of or pertaining to the island of Samos. with which nature hath bedecked all females, or hath at least instructed them how to put it on; lest, through the indelicacy of males, the Samean mysteries should be pryed into by unhallowed eyes …

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  • 47Charles Greville (diarist) — Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville (2 April 1794 – 17 January 1865) was an English diarist and an amateur cricketer who played first class cricket from 1819 to 1827. His father Charles Greville was a son of 1st Earl of Warwick, and his mother was&#8230; …

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  • 48indecency — I noun impropriety, indecorousness, indelicacy, obnoxiousness, tastelessness, unseemingliness, untastefulness, vulgarity associated concepts: indecent assault, indecent exposure, indecent liberties, indecent publications, lewd and lascivious&#8230; …

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  • 49impropriety — I noun bad taste, improper action, improper behavior, imprudence, inappropriate behavior, inappropriateness, incongruousness, incorrectness, indecency, indecorousness, indecorum, indelicacy, indiscretion, inelegance, inexpedience, inexpediency,&#8230; …

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  • 50Недействительность брака — (англ. indelicacy of marriage) по семейному законодательству РФ брак признается недействительным при нарушении условий его заключения (наличие взаимного добровольного согласия вступающих в брак, достижение ими брачного возраста), при наличии&#8230; …

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