bawdy
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bawdy (comparative bawdier or more bawdy, superlative bawdiest or most bawdy)
- (obsolete) Soiled, dirty. [from 14th Century]
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VI:
- Thou stynkyst all of the kychyn – thy clothis bene bawdy of the grece and talow.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VI:
- Obscene; filthy; unchaste. [from 15th Century]
- (of language) Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude.
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obscene
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[edit] References
- “bawdy” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001