Lewdness

/ˈluːdnəs/ noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality, state or instance of being lewd; promiscuous. countable, uncountable

    "Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdnesse of thy youth, in bruising thy teates by the Egyptians, for the paps of thy youth."

  2. 2
    the trait of behaving in an obscene manner wordnet

Example

More examples

"Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdnesse of thy youth, in bruising thy teates by the Egyptians, for the paps of thy youth."

Etymology

From Middle English lewednesse, equivalent to lewd + -ness.

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