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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
lewd       [lood] Pronunciation Key
–adjective -er, -est.
1.inclined to, characterized by, or inciting to lust or lechery; lascivious.
2.obscene or indecent, as language or songs; salacious.
3.Obsolete.
a.low, ignorant, or vulgar.
b.base, vile, or wicked, esp. of a person.
c.bad, worthless, or poor, esp. of a thing.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME leud, lewed, OE lǣwede lay, unlearned]

lewdly, adverb
lewdness, noun
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
lewd       (lōōd)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   lewd·er, lewd·est
    1. Preoccupied with sex and sexual desire; lustful.
    2. Obscene; indecent.
  1. Obsolete Wicked.


[Middle English leued, unlearned, lay, lascivious, from Old English lǣwede, ignorant, lay.]

lewd'ly adv., lewd'ness n.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
lewd 
O.E. læwede "nonclerical," of uncertain origin but probably ult. from V.L. *laigo-, from L. laicus (see lay (adj.)). Sense of "unlettered, uneducated" (1225) descended to "coarse, vile, lustful" by 1386.

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lewd

adjective
1. suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" 
2. driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires; "libidinous orgies" [syn: lascivious

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: lewd
Pronunciation: 'lüd
Function: adjective
: involving or being sexual conduct that is considered indecent or offensive : LICENTIOUS lewd and lascivious assault upon a child —National Law Journal> —lewd·ly adverblewd·ness noun

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Lewd

Lewd\ (l[=u]d), a. [Compar. Lewder (-[~e]r); superl. Lewdest.] [OE. lewed, lewd, lay, ignorant, vile, AS. l[=ae]wed laical, belonging to the laity.]

1. Not clerical; laic; laical; hence, unlearned; simple. [Obs.]

For if a priest be foul, on whom we trust, No wonder is a lewed man to rust. --Chaucer.

So these great clerks their little wisdom show To mock the lewd, as learn'd in this as they. --Sir. J. Davies.

2. Belonging to the lower classes, or the rabble; idle and lawless; bad; vicious. [Archaic] --Chaucer.

But the Jews, which believed not, . . . took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, . . . and assaulted the house of Jason. --Acts xvii. 5.

Too lewd to work, and ready for any kind of mischief. --Southey.

3. Given to the promiscuous indulgence of lust; dissolute; lustful; libidinous. --Dryden.

4. Suiting, or proceeding from, lustfulness; involving unlawful sexual desire; as, lewd thoughts, conduct, or language.

Syn: Lustful; libidinous; licentious; profligate; dissolute; sensual; unchaste; impure; lascivious; lecherous; rakish; debauched. -- Lewd"ly, adv. -- Lewd"ness, n.

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