Meaning

2 senses
  1. Obscene; filthy; unchaste.

    unanständig

    непристойнийneprystojnyj, розпуснийrozpusnyj

  2. Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude; ribald.

More definitions
  • humorously vulgar

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Of course, there are no longer bawdy houses, where these unfortunates are displayed openly to debauched satyrs.

  2. "Kruko kaj Baniko en Bervalo" is a classic book of bawdy humor in Esperanto.

  3. “Where didst thou get so miserable a luggage, blinkard?” “Nay whither art thou carrying that bawdy company, thou rake?”

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Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
By meaning 1
obscene:

Forms

bawdier/more bawdy, bawdiest/most bawdy
Comparativebawdier / more bawdy Lesson
Superlativebawdiest / most bawdy Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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