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lewdness

noun
/ˈluːdnəs/

Etymology

From Middle English lewednesse, equivalent to lewd + -ness.

  1. inherited from lewednesse

Definitions

  1. The quality, state or instance of being lewd

    The quality, state or instance of being lewd; promiscuous.

    • Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdnesse of thy youth, in bruising thy teates by the Egyptians, for the paps of thy youth.
    • Sir, Lord Hailes has forgot. There is nothing in Pryor that will excite to lewdness.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at lewdness. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01lewdness02promiscuous03mixed04adulterated05adulterate06adulterous07adultery08unchastity

A definitional loop anchored at lewdness. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at lewdness

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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