n. [ Cf. F. vulgarisme. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. Grossness; rudeness; vulgarity. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A vulgar phrase or expression. [ 1913 Webster ]
A fastidious taste will find offense in the occasional vulgarisms, or what we now call “slang, ” which not a few of our writers seem to have affected. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]