What is "bawdy" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does bawdy mean in English? Meaning of bawdy definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "bawdy" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "bawdy": lewd or obscene talk or writing

Noun

  • Meaning: lewd or obscene talk or writing
  • Example: it was smoking-room bawdry they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy
  • Synonyms: bawdry bawdy
  • Hypernyms: dirty word filth obscenity smut vulgarism
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˈbɔdi/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˈbɔːdi/

    Meaning of "bawdy": humorously vulgar

    Adjective

  • Meaning: humorously vulgar
  • Example: bawdy songs off-color jokes ribald language
  • Synonyms: bawdy off-color ribald
  • Similar: dirty
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˈbɔdi/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˈbɔːdi/

  • Adjective: (obsolete) Soiled, dirty. [from 14th Century] 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII, chapter v: whanne he had ouertaken the damoysel / anone she sayd what dost thow here / thou stynkest al of the kechyn / thy clothes ben bawdy of the greece and talowe that thou gaynest in kyng Arthurs kechyn1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII, chapter v: whanne he had ouertaken the damoysel / anone she sayd what dost thow here / thou stynkest al of the kechyn / thy clothes ben bawdy of the greece and talowe that thou gaynest in kyng Arthurs kechynObscene; filthy; unchaste. [from 15th Century](of language) Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude.
  • Synonyms:

    rude, ribald, off-color, obscene, erotic, lewd, blue, gross, cheap, coarse, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, lascivious, lecherous, libidinous, licentious, lustful, prurient, risqué, salacious, suggestive,

    Antonyms:

    moral, chaste, nice, clean, decent, proper, virginal,

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