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BAWDY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: bawdier    , bawdiest   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Lewd or obscene talk or writing

Example:

they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy

Synonyms:

bawdry; bawdy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("bawdy" is a kind of...):

dirty word; filth; obscenity; smut; vulgarism (an offensive or indecent word or phrase)

Derivation:

bawdy (humorously vulgar)

 II. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Humorously vulgar

Example:

ribald language

Synonyms:

bawdy; off-color; ribald

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

dirty ((of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency)

Derivation:

bawd (a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money)

bawdiness (the trait of behaving in an obscene manner)

bawdy (lewd or obscene talk or writing)

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