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lewd
\ˈlüd\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English lewed, lewede vulgar, base, laical, from Old English lǣwede laical
1. obsolete
a. : of, relating to, or characteristic of common and ignorant people : vulgar
b. : base, evil, wicked — used of persons and their conduct
c. : poor, worthless — used of things
2.
a. : sexually unchaste or licentious : dissolute, lascivious
b. : suggestive of or tending to moral looseness : inciting to sensual desire or imagination : indecent, obscene, salacious
< moralists looked upon it as a lewd distraction — Lewis Mumford >
< loud, lewd dissonances from the … orchestra in the pit — Time >
< the hawk stood … with his lewd purple tongue lolling from his open beak — Liam O'Flaherty > |