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profanity.

The quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt.

9 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɹəˈfænɪti/UK/pɹəˈfænɪti/US[pɹəˈfɛənɪti]US/pɹoʊˈfænɪti/US
  1. The quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt.

    uncountable
  2. Obscene, lewd or abusive language.

    countable
    He ran up and down the street screaming profanities like a madman.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin profānitās. By surface analysis, profane + -ity.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.