figurative. Moral corruption, depravity, or impurity; sinfulness; obscene, offensive, or disgusting behaviour.
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| 释义 | society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun] > lewdness, bawdiness, or obscenity (33) filthOE figurative. Moral corruption, depravity, or impurity; sinfulness; obscene, offensive, or disgusting behaviour. harlotryc1384 Coarse or indecent language or behaviour; crude jesting; ribaldry; obscenity. Also in weaker sense: frivolous entertainment or behaviour… filthiness?1504 Moral foulness or corruption; vileness, wickedness; (now often) obscenity; depravity. brothelry?1526 Coarse or indecent language or behaviour; lewdness; obscenity; depravity. Also: an instance of this. Now rare. lewdness1578 Lasciviousness, lascivious behaviour. obscenity1589 The character or quality of being offensively indecent, lewdness; an instance of this, esp. an obscene expression. obscenousness1591 Obscenity. spurcity1608 Impurity, obscenity. obscenenessa1637 The quality of being obscene; offensiveness; obscenity. bawdiness1731 Lewdness, obscenity. priapism1758 Licentiousness, obscenity; an instance of this. Also figurative: debasement, corruption (now rare). nast1789 Dirt, filth, foulness. In quot. 1887 figurative: obscenity. hircosity1873 Goatishness, lewdness. raunch1957 Coarseness, vulgarity, smut; energetic earthiness. raunchiness1962 sluttiness1972 Esp. with reference to a woman: sexual provocativeness; lewdness, promiscuity. slackness1980 Chiefly Caribbean. Indecent, obscene, or lewd behaviour. In later use applied spec. to the sexually explicit lyrics characteristic of certain… Subcategories:— obscene matter(s) (2) — person (3) — indecent exposure (7) — sexual sensationalism (1) — allusion to sexual matters (1) — display of female form (1) — something or person displaying nudity (1) |
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