Bible Dictionaries
Obscenity

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) That quality in words or things which presents what is offensive to chasity or purity of mind; obscene or impure lanquage or acts; moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; as, the obscenity of a speech, or a picture.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Obscenity'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​o/obscenity.html. 1828.