bawdy

  • 11bawdy — [[t]bɔ͟ːdi[/t]] bawdier, bawdiest ADJ GRADED A bawdy story or joke contains humorous references to sex. [OLD FASHIONED] We got arrested once, for singing bawdy songs in a cemetery. Syn: lewd …

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  • 12bawdy — adjective bawdy songs, jokes, stories etc are about sex and are funny, enjoyable, and often noisy: the bawdy 18th century romp, Moll Flanders bawdily adverb bawdiness noun (U) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 13bawdy — adj. & n. adj. (bawdier, bawdiest) humorously indecent. n. bawdy talk or writing. Phrases and idioms: bawdy house a brothel. Derivatives: bawdily adv. bawdiness n. Etymology: BAWD + Y(1) …

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  • 14bawdy — adj. Bawdy is used with these nouns: ↑song …

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  • 15bawdy — bawd|y [ bɔdi ] adjective referring to sex in a humorous way: COARSE: bawdy songs ╾ bawd|i|ly adverb ╾ bawd|i|ness noun uncount …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 16bawdy — [15] The adjective bawdy appears on the scene relatively late, but it is a derivative of bawd ‘prostitute’ or ‘madam’, which entered English in the 14th century. Its origins are not altogether clear, but it appears to have come from the Old… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 17bawdy — adjective bawdy jokes Syn: ribald, indecent, risqué, racy, rude, spicy, sexy, suggestive, titillating, naughty, improper, indelicate, indecorous, off color, earthy, barnyard, broad, locker room, Rabelaisian; …

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  • 18bawdy — [15] The adjective bawdy appears on the scene relatively late, but it is a derivative of bawd ‘prostitute’ or ‘madam’, which entered English in the 14th century. Its origins are not altogether clear, but it appears to have come from the Old… …

    Word origins

  • 19Bawdy Festival — était un groupe de hardcore roisséen (de roissy en brie 77) dont la spécificité est que les membres ainsi que le public sont déguisés en clowns. Leur look bariolé et haut en couleur faisait de leur spectacle un enchantement mêlé à la violence des …

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  • 20bawdy house — n old use a place where women have sex with men for money …

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