fescennine

adj.
Licentious; obscene.

[Latin Fescennīnus, of Fescennia, a town of ancient Etruria known for its licentious poetry.]

(FES-uh-nyn, -nin)

adjective
Obscene or scurrilous.

Etymology
After Fescennia, a town of ancient Etruria known for its ribald and scurrilous songs sung at festivals and weddings.]

Usage
"And while they're online, you can tap into another computer and view their fescennine photos, which are supposedly updated every six minutes." — Joshua Quittner; Vice Raid on the Net; Time (New York); Apr 3, 1995.

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adjective

Offensive to accepted standards of decency: barnyard, bawdy, broad, coarse, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, lewd, nasty, obscene, profane, ribald, scatologic, scatological, scurrilous, smutty, vulgar. Slang raunchy. See decent/indecent.

[n] a style of poetry using coarse language
[adj] vulgar; obscene