bawdy

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English

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Etymology

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From bawd +‎ -y.

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bawdy (comparative bawdier or more bawdy, superlative bawdiest or most bawdy)

  1. Obscene; filthy; unchaste. [from 15th Century]
  2. (of language) Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude; ribald.

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Middle English

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bawdy

  1. soiled, dirty [from 14th Century]
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter V, in Le Morte Darthur, book VII:
      whanne he had ouertaken the damoysel / anone she sayd what dost thow here / thou stynkest al of the kechyn / thy clothes ben bawdy of the greece and talowe that thou gaynest in kyng Arthurs kechyn
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