\Vul*gar"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. vulgarit['e], L. vulgaritas
the multitude.]
1. The quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of
   life; the state of the lower classes of society. --Sir T.
   Browne.
2. Grossness or clownishness of manners of language; absence
   of refinement; coarseness.
         The reprobate vulgarity of the frequenters of
         Bartholomew Fair.                     --B. Jonson.