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Nov 22, 2019
This week’s themeWords to describe people
This week’s words
gongoozler
hail-fellow
connoisseur
gangrel
vulgarian
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PRONUNCIATION:
(vuhl-GAY-ree-uhn) 
MEANING:
noun: A boor, lewd, and crude person who makes a conspicuous display of wealth.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin vulgus (mob, common people). Earliest documented use: 1833.
USAGE:
“Maxie, how can a clean-cut child such as yourself bear to be around such a vulgarian?”
Max Allan Collins; USS Powderkeg; Brash Books; 2019.
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Max Allan Collins; USS Powderkeg; Brash Books; 2019.
See more usage examples of vulgarian in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves! -Andre Gide, author, Nobel laureate (22 Nov 1869-1951)
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