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Bawdy

//ˈbɔ.di// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Obscene; filthy; unchaste.
  2. 2
    Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude; ribald.
Adjective
  1. 1
    humorously vulgar wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A bawdy or lewd person.

    "The Bawdies were girls who danced naked on a ramp in the middle of a room full of tables with tops the size of pie plates."

  2. 2
    lewd or obscene talk or writing wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From bawd + -y.

Etymology 2

From bawd + -y.

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