FESCENNINE


Meaning of FESCENNINE in English

/fes"euh nuyn', -nin/ , adj.

scurrilous; licentious; obscene: fescennine mockery.

[ 1595-1605; Fescenninus of, belonging to Fescennia, a town in Etruria noted for jesting and scurrilous verse; see -INE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .