lewd
To express lust; to behave in a lewd mannerTo express lust; to behave in a lewd manner.
» He got expelled for lewd conduct.
Meaning
2 senses(ambitransitive, slang)To express lust; to behave in a lewd manner.
(slang, transitive)To sexualize a character, especially in a fan illustration.
Examples
13 sentencesHe got expelled for lewd conduct.
He was just a lewd old man.
ruОн был всего лишь старым развратником. — megaton
deEr war nur ein lüsterner alter Mann. — Yorwba
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. — PeterR
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
lewds, lewding, lewded, lewdedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle