Vulgar

Definition of Vulgar

Vul´gar

Of or pertaining to the mass, or multitude, of people; common; general; ordinary; public; hence, in general use; vernacular.

Things vulgar, and well-weighed, scarce worth the praise.

- Milton.

It might be more useful to the English reader . . . to write in our vulgar language.

- Bp. Fell.

The mechanical process of multiplying books had brought the New Testament in the vulgar tongue within the reach of every class.

- Bancroft.

Belonging or relating to the common people, as distinguished from the cultivated or educated; pertaining to common life; plebeian; not select or distinguished; hence, sometimes, of little or no value.

Men who have passed all their time in low and vulgar life.

- Addison.

In reading an account of a battle, we follow the hero with our whole attention, but seldom reflect on the
vulgar heaps of slaughter.

- Rambler.

Hence, lacking cultivation or refinement; rustic; boorish; also, offensive to good taste or refined feelings; low; coarse; mean; base; as, vulgar men, minds, language, or manners.

Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.

- Shak.

Vulgar fraction
(Arith.) See under Fraction.

One of the common people; a vulgar person.

These vile vulgars are extremely proud.

- Chapman.

The vernacular, or common language.

Related Words

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