Obscene
Obscene , adjective
[Latin obscenus, obscaenus, obscoenus, ill looking, filthy, obscene: compare French obscéne.]
1.
Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing or presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene language; obscene pictures.
Words that were once chaste, by frequent use grew obscene and uncleanly.
2.
Foul; filthy; disgusting.
A girdle foul with grease binds his obscene attire.
3.
Inauspicious; ill-omened. [Rare; A Latinism]
At the cheerful light,
The groaning ghosts and birds obscene take flight.