bawdy

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
14
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈbɔːdi/ (UK)
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/ˈbɔːdi/ (UK) · /ˈbɔ.di/ (US) · /ˈbɑ.di/

Definition of bawdy

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Obscene; filthy; unchaste.
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adj

  1. Obscene; filthy; unchaste.
  2. Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude; ribald.

noun

  1. 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.”

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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.

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