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Vulgarity vs Imeldific - What's the difference?

vulgarity | imeldific |

As a noun vulgarity

is (uncountable) the quality of being vulgar.

As an adjective imeldific is

ostentatiously extravagant, sometimes to the point of vulgarity.

vulgarity

English

Noun

(vulgarities)
  • (uncountable) The quality of being vulgar.
  • (countable) An offensive or obscene act or expression.

    • Synonyms

    * (offensive act) profanity

    Related terms

    * vulgar

    imeldific

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Ostentatiously extravagant, sometimes to the point of vulgarity.
  • * 1992 , Solidarity, Volumes 133-136
    • Cory is a social mouse, she's not into this socializing and nobody really advocates an Imeldific kind of grandeur...
  • * 1995 , Ambeth R Ocampo, Bonifacio's bolo
    • There may be something Imeldific about the main Batasan Pambansa session hall...
  • * 2001 , Denise Weldon, Neal M Oshima, LJC Restaurant Group, Malate: a matter of taste
    • needed a break from the Imeldific extravaganzas. They hankered for a spontaneous and casual lifestyle, which they could not find in the five-star hotels...
  • * 2007 , Jenny Walker, Stuart Butler, Frances Linzee Gordon, Terry Carter, Lara Dunston, Oman, UAE and Arabian Peninsula
    • People from different walks of life; some who only care how beautiful their tan looks on Jumeirah Beach, people who work hard to send money to their family back home while living in a small room in Satwa or Karama just to save rent, others with an Imeldific [named after Imelda Marcos, the shopaholic former First Lady of the Philippines, known for her colossal shoe collection] attitude who shop every week...
  • (rare) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of .
  • * 1991 , Conrado de Quiros, Dance of the dunces
    • Obviously she had not heard of Dorian Gray, having taken life pretty much according to the gospel of Cole Porter. But it's richly Imeldific , Imelda scouring the dark night of her soul in prayer while her enemies peer through the rain at airports watching out for her...
  • * 2003 , Gerard Lico, Edifice complex: power, myth, and Marcos state architecture
    • The first phase of the PGH was constructed within the Imeldific timetable to reach its inauguration day, 2 July 1985, which coincided with the birthday of Mrs. Marcos...
    English eponyms