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bawdier Definition


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bawdy
adj
    bawdier, bawdiest
    1. Said of language or writing, etc: containing coarsely humorous references to sex; lewd.
      Thesaurus: ribald, risqué, salacious, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, licentious, obscene, libidinous, erotic; Antonym: chaste.
Derivative: bawdily
adverb
    Derivative: bawdiness
    noun
      Etymology: 16c, meaning ‘appropriate for or relating to a bawd' (the now archaic word for a woman who keeps a brothel): from French baude merry or dissolute.



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