Bawdily
indecent; lewd; obscene:
another of his bawdy stories.
co-rs- or indecent talk or writing; bawdry; bawdiness:
a collection of elizabethan bawdy.
adjective bawdier, bawdiest
(of language, plays, etc) containing references to s-x, esp to be humorous
noun
obscenity or eroticism, esp in writing or drama
adj.
late 14c., “soiled, dirty, filthy,” from bawd + -y (2). meaning “lewd” is from 1510s, from notion of “pertaining to or befitting a bawd;” usually of language (originally to talk bawdy).
bawdy basket, the twenty-third rank of canters, who carry pins, tape, ballads and obscene books to sell. [grose, “dictionary of the vulgar tongue,” 1785]
related: bawdily; bawdiness.
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