"bawdy" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈbɔːdi/ [UK], /ˈbɔdi/ [US], /ˈbɑdi/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bawdy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bawdier [comparative], more bawdy [comparative], bawdiest [superlative], most bawdy [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔːdi Etymology: bawd + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bawd|y}} bawd + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} bawdy (comparative bawdier or more bawdy, superlative bawdiest or most bawdy)
  1. Obscene; filthy; unchaste. Translations (obscene): неприличен (nepriličen) (Bulgarian), нецензурен (necenzuren) (Bulgarian), 猥褻的 (Chinese Mandarin), 猥亵的 (wěixiè de) (Chinese Mandarin), 下流的 (xiàliú de) (Chinese Mandarin), 淫穢的 (Chinese Mandarin), 淫秽的 (yínhuì de) (Chinese Mandarin), obsceen (Dutch), onkuis (Dutch), rivo (Finnish), grivois (French), paillard (French), unanständig (German), αισχρός (aischrós) [masculine] (Greek), άσεμνος (ásemnos) [masculine] (Greek), mōtekoteko (Maori), takao (Maori), sprośny (Polish), obleśny (Polish), obscen [masculine] (Romanian), nepristojan [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), prost [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), guarro (Spanish), sucio (Spanish), lascivo (Spanish), oanständig (Swedish), непристойний (neprystojnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), розпусний (rozpusnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-bawdy-en-adj-rC9xFo5J Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 56 44 Disambiguation of 'obscene': 89 11
  2. (of language) Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude; ribald.
    Sense id: en-bawdy-en-adj-5zTHtOGu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bawdily, bawdiness, bawdy basket, bawdy-house

Adjective [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective}} bawdy
  1. soiled, dirty
    Sense id: en-bawdy-enm-adj-WYHfr-~A Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bawdy meaning in All languages combined (5.8kB)

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