English▸ noun
(plural obscenities)
[mass noun] the state or quality of being obscene: the book was banned for obscenity.
▪ obscene behaviour, language, or images:
a stream of invective and obscenity.
▪ [count noun] an extremely offensive word or expression:
the men scowled and muttered obscenities.
– ORIGIN late 16th century: from French obscénité or Latin obscaenitas, from obscaenus (see obscene).