ˈfes ə nˌīn, -ˌēn adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Latin fescenninus, probably from Fescenninus of Fescennium, from Fescennium, ancient town in Etruria, Italy, famous for such songs and verses + Latin -inus -ine
1. : sung or read at a rural festival or a wedding in ancient Italy and marked by often obscene mockery
fescennine songs
lively fescennine verses on the emperor's marriage
2. : scurrilous , obscene
street corner idlers making fescennine comments on passing girls