Definitions for Fescennine

Fescennine fes·cen·nine

Spelling: [fes-uh-nahyn, -nin]
IPA: /ˈfɛs əˌnaɪn, -nɪn/

Fescennine is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 133 anagrams from letters in Fescennine (ceeefinnns).

Definitions for Fescennine

adjective

  1. scurrilous; licentious; obscene:

Origin of Fescennine

1595-1605; Latin Fescennīnus of, belonging to Fescennia, a town in Etruria noted for jesting and scurrilous verse; see -ine1

Examples for Fescennine

The fescennine raillery long retained traces of this original character.

The principal constituent element in this fescennine poetry was obscene mockery.

The ancient Atellan farces were as full of obscenity as were the fescennine songs of broad allusions.

fescennine verses of the Romans, which were used at weddings and triumphs, were intended to ward off ill luck.

But just as it takes two to make a quarrel, so the obscene mockery of the fescennine verses required two principals.

Bridal songs with fescennine licence resounded in the theatres, market-places, courts, and gymnasia.

A fescennine temperament is too often allied with religiosity.

It is a charm against fascinum, 'the evil eye': and hence the name fescennine.

The original fescennine verse appears, from the testimony of Horace, to have been in metrical dialogue.

Word Value for Fescennine
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