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bawdiness

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bawd⋅y

  [baw-dee] adjective, bawd⋅i⋅er, bawd⋅i⋅est, noun
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–adjective
1. indecent; lewd; obscene: another of his bawdy stories.
–noun
2. coarse or indecent talk or writing; bawdry; bawdiness: a collection of Elizabethan bawdy.
Origin:
1505–15; bawd + -y 1

Related forms:
bawd⋅i⋅ly, adverb
bawd⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. lascivious, salacious, prurient, earthy, risqué, ribald, coarse, licentious, raunchy.
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bawd·y   (bô'dē)   
adj.   bawd·i·er, bawd·i·est

  1. Humorously coarse; risqué.

  2. Vulgar; lewd.

bawd'i·ly adv., bawd'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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