ˌvəlˈgarəd.ē, -ətē, -i, also -ger- noun
( -es )
Etymology: Late Latin vulgaritas, from Latin vulgaris common, vulgar + -itas -ity — more at vulgar
1. obsolete
a. : the common people
b. : the run-of-mill average of a class
2. obsolete : the quality or state of being widely diffused
3. obsolete : the quality or state of being usual or ordinary : commonness
4.
a. : the quality or state of being vulgar
the vulgarity of a picture-postcard scene — Winthrop Sargeant
would never stoop to the vulgarity of boasting how frequently he has been right — John Mason Brown
b. : something vulgar (as an act or display)
some of the elegances were astounding vulgarities — for instance, seating a chimpanzee at a formal dinner — Gene Baro