| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A style of low, scurrilous, obscene poetry originating in fescennia.[Websters]. | |
| Adjective | 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, the Fescennines.[Websters] 2. Being bawdy, ribald or salacious. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb fescenninely.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (fescenninely) |
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective fescennine.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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Date "Fescennine" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1655. (references) |
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Etymology:Fescennine \Fes"cen*nine\, adjective. [Latin expression Fescenninus, from Fescennia, city of Etruria.]. (references) |
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| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Pertaining to Fescennium in Italy; licentious. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Fescennine Verses | Fescennine Verses (Fescennina carmina), one of the earliest kinds of Italian poetry, subsequently developed into the Satura and the Roman comic drama. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Fescennine Verses | Literature | Lampoons, so called from Fescennia in Tuscany, where performers at merry-makings used to extemporise scurrilous jests of a personal nature to amuse the audience. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: FESCENNINE | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Fescennine Verses | 4 | Fescennine Verses | 4 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Bohemian | oplzlý (lewd, obscene, bawdy, blue, salacious), obscénní (dirty, obscene, foul, Fescennine, indecent), rozpustilý (impish, mischievous, naughty, frolic, wanton), kluzký (slippery, greasy, Fescennine, improper, lubricious), lascivní (lascivious, salacious, bawdy, Fescennine, fruity), lascívní (lewd, Fescennine). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, Fescennine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | oplzlý (lewd, obscene, bawdy, blue, salacious), obscénní (dirty, obscene, foul, Fescennine, indecent), rozpustilý (impish, mischievous, naughty, frolic, wanton), kluzký (slippery, greasy, Fescennine, improper, lubricious), lascivní (lascivious, salacious, bawdy, Fescennine, fruity), lascívní (lewd, Fescennine). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, Fescennine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 下流的 (indecent, caddish, ribald, Fescennine, ignominious), 粗俗的 (countrified, coarse, fescennine, graceless, uncouth). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Fescennine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 粗俗的 (uncouth, coarse, common, countrified, fescennine), 下流的 (indecent, ribald, scurvy, Billingsgate, caddish). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Fescennine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | oplzlý (lewd, obscene, bawdy, blue, salacious), obscénní (dirty, obscene, foul, Fescennine, indecent), rozpustilý (impish, mischievous, naughty, frolic, wanton), kluzký (slippery, greasy, Fescennine, improper, lubricious), lascivní (lascivious, salacious, bawdy, Fescennine, fruity), lascívní (lewd, Fescennine). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, Fescennine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dari | زشت (ugly, bawdy, heinous, hideous, uncouth). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, Fescennine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguk Mal | 고대 이탈리아의 Fescennia의 축제 에서 영창 된 (Fescennine). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, Fescennine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguohua | 고대 이탈리아의 Fescennia의 축제 에서 영창 된 (Fescennine). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, Fescennine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | fescennino (Fescennine), versi fescennini (Fescennine verses). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, Fescennine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | 古代イタリアの田園地方の祝祭で詠唱された (Fescennine). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Fescennine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Korean | 고대 이탈리아의 Fescennia의 축제 에서 영창 된 (Fescennine). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, Fescennine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Parsi | زشت (ugly, bawdy, heinous, hideous, uncouth). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, Fescennine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian | زشت (ugly, bawdy, heinous, hideous, uncouth). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, Fescennine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian (Farsi) | زشت (ugly, bawdy, heinous, hideous, uncouth). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, Fescennine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Urdu | بیاہ کی گالیاں۔ سیٹھنے۔ ہجو۔ طنز (Fescennine). Additional references: Urdu, Pakistan, India, Fescennine. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
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| Language | Translations for “Fescennine” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Athag | Fathagescathagennathagine (Fescennine). Additional references: Athag, Fescennine. (volunteer) | |||
| Double Dutch | Fagescagennagine (Fescennine). Additional references: Double Dutch, Fescennine. (volunteer) | |||
| Leet | |?<~>£$<£/\//\/|/\/£ (Fescennine). Additional references: Leet, Fescennine. (volunteer) | |||
| Oppish | Fopescopennopine (Fescennine). Additional references: Oppish, Fescennine. (volunteer) | |||
| Pig Latin | Escenninefay (Fescennine). Additional references: Pig Latin, Fescennine. (volunteer) | |||
| Ubbi Dubbi | Fubescubennubine (Fescennine). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Fescennine. (volunteer) | |||
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