Associations to the word «Bawdy»
Noun
Adverb
Wiktionary
BAWDY, adjective. (obsolete) Soiled, dirty. [from 14th Century]
BAWDY, adjective. Obscene; filthy; unchaste. [from 15th Century]
BAWDY, adjective. (of language) Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude.
BAWDY HOUSE, noun. Alternative spelling of bawdy-house
Dictionary definition
BAWDY, noun. Lewd or obscene talk or writing; "it was smoking-room bawdry"; "they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy".
BAWDY, adjective. Humorously vulgar; "bawdy songs"; "off-color jokes"; "ribald language".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.