All 3 Uses of
vulgar
in
The Scarlet Letter
- The vulgar, who, in those dreary old times, were always contributing a grotesque horror to what interested their imaginations, had a story about the scarlet letter which we might readily work up into a terrific legend.†
Chpt 5 *
- According to the vulgar idea, the fire in his laboratory had been brought from the lower regions, and was fed with infernal fuel; and so, as might be expected, his visage was getting sooty with the smoke.†
Chpt 9
- Even in outward demeanour they showed a stamp of majesty that made the warrior's haughty stride look vulgar, if not absurd.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
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(vulgar) of bad taste -- often crude or offensive
or:
unsophisticated (or common) -- especially of taste