aischrotes denotes objectionable speech or conduct excluded alongside foolish talk and crude joking.

The sole attested use places the term among forms of speech or conduct rejected as out of place, contrasted with thanksgiving.

1. Conduct or speech ruled out as out of place · dominant

   In Ephesians 5:4, the nominative singular feminine noun occurs in a prohibition alongside foolish talk and crude joking; the APB renders the clause, "Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place."

   Ephesians 5:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ephesians 5:4, the APB includes the term within "filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking" and calls these things "out of place." Its exact English contribution cannot be isolated.