Railing vs Scurrilous - What's the difference?
railing | scurrilous |
A fence or barrier consisting of one or more horizontal rails and vertical supports.
(of a person) given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed
(of language) coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous
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As a noun railing
is a fence or barrier consisting of one or more horizontal rails and vertical supports.As a verb railing
is .As an adjective scurrilous is
(of a person) given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed.railing
English
Noun
(wikipedia railing) (en noun)- During the war, everyone's railings were taken away to make bombers.
Derived terms
* hand railing is in place to provide guidance on stairs or in corridors. * guard railing is in place to prevent accidental falls from an elevated area.Usage notes
British use is normally the plural.Verb
(head)Anagrams
*scurrilous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)On chutzpah and war," Aljazeera.com (retrieved 29 July 2014):
- Perhaps the greatest chutzpah is the term itself, moving from scurrilous origins to something admirable.