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bawdy

adj
/ˈbɔːdi/UK/ˈbɔ.di/US/ˈbɑ.di/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *bʰóltosder. Proto-Germanic *balþaz Frankish *balþbor. Old French baudbor. Middle English bawde English bawd Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bawdy From bawd + -y.

  1. derived from baud
  2. inherited from bawde
  3. suffixed as bawdy — “bawd + y”

Definitions

  1. Obscene

    Obscene; filthy; unchaste.

  2. Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude

    Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude; ribald.

  3. A bawdy or lewd person.

    • The Bawdies were girls who danced naked on a ramp in the middle of a room full of tables with tops the size of pie plates.
    • Our scholarly studies and discoveries about bodies and bawdies and the forbidden mysteries of S-E-X proved that participatory education had to be the very best.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA