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bawdy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɔ.di/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈbɑ.di/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈbɔːdi/ (UK)

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.

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bawdier Degree=Cmp lexicographic
more bawdy Degree=Cmp lexicographic
bawdiest Degree=Sup lexicographic
most bawdy Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

bawdy-house · bawdiness · bawdy basket · bawdily

Translations (31)

pl obleśny (obscene) · el άσεμνος (obscene) · nl onkuis (obscene) · de unanständig (obscene) · sh prost (obscene) · ro obscen (obscene) · es lascivo (obscene) · sv oanständig (obscene) · mi mōtekoteko (obscene) · nl obsceen (obscene) · bg неприличен (obscene) · pl sprośny (obscene) · pl obsceniczny (obscene) · cmn 下流的 (obscene) · cmn 淫穢的 /淫秽的 (obscene) · uk непристойний (obscene) · sh nepristojan (obscene) · bg нецензурен (obscene) · fr paillard (obscene) · fr grivois (obscene) · da sjofel (obscene) · mi takao (obscene) · el αισχρός (obscene) · cmn 猥褻的 /猥亵的 (obscene) · uk розпусний (obscene) · cs necudný (obscene) · fi rivo (obscene) · da uanstændig (obscene) · cs lascivní (obscene) · es guarro (obscene) · es sucio (obscene)

bawdy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɔ.di/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈbɑ.di/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈbɔːdi/ (UK)

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.

Meanings

  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. 1983, Richard Hoyt, The Siskiyou Two-step, page 78:
    • 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. 2001, Bill Rinaldi, You Can If You Think You Can: The Power of Thinking Big, page 37:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bawdies Number=Plur lexicographic