scurrilous ******************************************************************************** `Using such language as only the licence of a buffoon can warrant' (J.); characterized by coarseness or indecency of language, esp. in jesting and invective; coarsely opprobrious or jocular. Hence {sm}scurrilously adv., in a scurrilous manner; {dag}after the manner of a buffoon. Also {sm}scurrilousness.