lewd
Lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rudeLascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.
» He got expelled for lewd conduct.
Meaning
5 sensesLascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.
lüstern, geil, lasziv
похотли́выйpoxotlívyj, развра́тныйrazvrátnyj, блудли́выйbludlívyj
хти́вийxtývyj, паплю́жнийpapljúžnyj, похітли́вийpoxitlývyj
(obsolete)Lay; not clerical.
(obsolete)Uneducated.
(obsolete)Vulgar, common; typical of the lower orders.
(obsolete)Base, vile, reprehensible.
- suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
- driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires
Examples
13 sentencesHe got expelled for lewd conduct.
He was just a lewd old man.
ruОн был всего лишь старым развратником.
deEr war nur ein lüsterner alter Mann.
Ziri was saying some pretty lewd things.
Tom was being lewd at the party.
Mary finds her boyfriend's lewd jokes embarrassing.
deMarie sind die schlüpfrigen Witze ihres Freundes peinlich.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English lewed, lewd, leued (“unlearned, lay, lascivious”), from Old English lǣFrom Middle English lewed, lewd, leued (“unlearned, lay, lascivious”), from Old English lǣwede (“unlearned, ignorant, lay”), of uncertain origin. Formally similar to a derivative of the past participle of Old English lǣwan (“to reveal, betray”) in the sense of "exposed as being unlearned" or "easily betrayed, clueless", from Proto-West Germanic *lāwijan, from Proto-Germanic *lēwijaną (“to betray”), from *lēwą (“an opportunity, cause”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēw- (“to leave”). If so, then cognate with Old High German gilāen, firlāen (“to betray”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (galēwjan, “to give over, betray”), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐍅 (lēw, “an opportunity, cause”). Or, according to the OED, probably from Vulgar Latin *laigo-, from Late Latin lāicus (“of the people”), from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós).
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Forms
lewder, lewdestSynonyms
8 synonyms- suggestive of or tending to moral looseness:obsceneraunchysalacious
- driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires:lasciviouslibidinouslustful
Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
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