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Obscenity in speech or writing
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dirtiness
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Word definitions for dirtiness in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dirtiness \Dirt"i*ness\, n. The state of being dirty; filthiness; foulness; nastiness; baseness; sordidness.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state or quality of being dirty.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the state of being unsanitary [syn: uncleanness ] [ant: cleanness ] the state of containing dirty impurities obscenity in speech or writing [syn: smuttiness ]
Usage examples of dirtiness.
There are constant complaints of the dirtiness of the streets and the bad repair of the roads, and regretful comparisons with the trim orderliness of twenty years before.
It were a most Unchristian and uncivil, yea a most unreasonable thing to imagine that the Fitt's of the Young Woman were but meer Impostures: And I believe scarce any, but People of a particular Dirtiness, will harbour such an Uncharitable Censure.