adverb
spurcē
spurcē (not comparable)
Classical[ˈspʊr.keː]Ecclesiastical[ˈspur.t͡ʃe]
Meaning
- not comparablefilthily
- not comparableoffensively
- not comparablein filthy language
spurcē, adv., v. spurcus
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
spurcē adv. with sup.
spurcus, impurely, foully, filthily : in illam dicere, i. e. utter a foul libel : perscribit spurcissime, in the vilest language .
Origins
From spurcus + -ē.