vul·gar
(vŭĺgər)
[Middle English, from Latin vulgāris, from vulgus, the common people.]
adjective
- Crudely indecent.
- Deficient in taste, delicacy, or refinement.
- Marked by a lack of good breeding; boorish. See synonyms at common
- Offensively excessive in self-display or expenditure; ostentatious: the huge vulgar houses and cars of the newly rich.
- Spoken by or expressed in language spoken by the common people; vernacular: the technical and vulgar names for an animal species.
- Of or associated with the great masses of people; common.
derivatives
- vuĺgar·ly
- adverb
- vuĺgar·ness
- noun