Fescennine
See also: fescennine
English
Alternative forms
- (obscene or scurrilous): fescennine
Etymology
From the Latin Fescennīnus.
Adjective
Fescennine (comparative more Fescennine, superlative most Fescennine)
- Of or pertaining to the ancient Etruscan town of Fescennia
- obscene or scurrilous
- 1856 Richard Francis Burton, Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to El-Madinah and Meccah, G. P. Putnam & Co., p20
- At this hour the seat was as in a theatre, but the words of the actors were of a nature somewhat too Fescennine for the public.
- 1977 C. John McCole, Lucifer at Large, Ayer Publishing, p108
- And when Freudian fiction becomes – as it has become in America – but an inviting wall on which to scribble Fescennine filth – that, too, is another matter.
- 1856 Richard Francis Burton, Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to El-Madinah and Meccah, G. P. Putnam & Co., p20
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fes.kenˈniː.ne/, [fɛs.kɛnˈniː.nɛ]
Adjective
Fescennīne
- vocative masculine singular of Fescennīnus
Noun
Fescennīne m
- vocative singular of Fescennīnus