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Added 1 October 2026

vulgar

/ˈvʌl.ɡə/ adjective

Latin root: vulgāris Wiktionary

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about vulgar at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Debased; uncouth; distasteful; obscene.
vulgar language
Having to do with ordinary, common people.
Common, usual; of the typical kind.
vulgar bush brown (Bicyclus vulgaris)

noun

A common, ordinary person.
The common people.
The language of a people, especially the commoners.

Origin

From Middle English vulgare, from Latin vulgāris, from volgus, vulgus (“mob; common folk”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH-. Compare Welsh gwala (“plenty, sufficiency”), Ancient Greek ἁλία (halía, “assembly”), εἰλέω (eiléō, “to compress”), Proto-Slavic *valъ.

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