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
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.