obscenery

English

Etymology

From obscene +‎ -ery.

Noun

obscenery (countable and uncountable, plural obsceneries)

1. (rare) Synonym of obscenity
   • 1761, William Thompson, A Copy of Thompson's Justification, Founded on the Solid Principles of Truth and Public Virtue, London: [s.n.], page 8:

     I hope I ſhall not greatly offend in alſo bringing to remembrance at this time, the miſchief and horrors that the French ſpread at Bengal, and the piercing ſcenes of woe which they baſely perpetrated at Zell, and how aſtoniſhingly furious they raged there with brutal madneſs, being ſo amazingly wanton and inhuman in their obſcenery and cruelties, […]

   • 1960 [1959], Raymond Queneau, translated by Barbara Wright, Zazie, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, page 14:

     Dammit to hell, I don't want any little slut that talks such obsceneries in my place. I can see it coming, she'll corrupt the whole neighborhood.

   • 1987, David Ireland, Bloodfather, London: Hamish Hamilton, published 1988, →ISBN, page 103:

     Each town in its petty pace, crawling with marvellous obscenery, creaky with scenic retractions, lighting each tourist the way to dusty deserts and big bald rocks.