OBSCE'NE, a. [L. obscaenus.]
1. Offensive to chastity and delicacy; impure; expressing or presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity and decency forbid; to be exposed; as obscene language; obscene pictures.2. Foul; filthy; offensive; disgusting.A girdle foul with grease binds his obscene attire.3. Inauspicious; ill omened.At the cheerful light, the groaning ghosts and birds obscene take flight.