[scur.ri.lous] adj (1576) 1 a: using or given to coarse language b: being vulgar and evil "~ imposters who used a religious exterior to rob poor people --Edwin Benson"
2: containing obscenities, abuse, or slander "a ... campaign filled with ~ charges and countercharges --A. D. Graeff" -- scur.ri.lous.ly adv -- scur.ri.lous.ness n