Fescennine

See also: fescennine

English

Alternative forms

• (obscene or scurrilous): fescennine

Etymology

From the Latin Fescennīnus.

Adjective

Fescennine (comparative more Fescennine, superlative most Fescennine)

1. Of or pertaining to the ancient Etruscan town of Fescennia
2. obscene or scurrilous
   • 1856, Richard Francis Burton, Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to El-Madinah and Meccah, G. P. Putnam & Co., page 20:

     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, page 108:

     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.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fes.kenˈniː.ne/, [fɛs̠kɛnˈniːnɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /feʃ.ʃenˈni.ne/, [feʃːenˈniːne]

Adjective

Fescennīne

1. vocative masculine singular of Fescennīnus

Noun

Fescennīne m

1. vocative singular of Fescennīnus