invulgar

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ vulgar.

Adjective

invulgar (comparative more invulgar, superlative most invulgar)

1. (obsolete) Not vulgar; refined; elegant.
   • 1604, Michael Drayton, Moses in a Map of his Miracles:

     the sad parents this lost Infant ow'd,
     Were as invulgar as their fruit was fair

References

“invulgar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Portuguese

Etymology

From in- +‎ vulgar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.vuwˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.vuʊ̯ˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.vuwˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.vuʊ̯ˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.vuwˈɡa(ɾ)/ [ĩ.vuʊ̯ˈɡa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.vuwˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.vuʊ̯ˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ĩ.vuwˈɡa(ɻ)/ [ĩ.vuʊ̯ˈɡa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.vulˈɡaɾ/ [ĩ.vuɫˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.vulˈɡaɾ/ [ĩ.vuɫˈɣaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.bulˈɡaɾ/ [ĩ.buɫˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.vulˈɡa.ɾi/ [ĩ.vuɫˈɣa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: in‧vul‧gar

Adjective

invulgar m or f (plural invulgares)

1. uncommon

Further reading

• “invulgar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026