bawdiness

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bawdiness

noun bawdinesses

uncountable The characteristic or state of being bawdy. [A] Frenchman, viewing the undraped statues which bedizen his native galleries of art, either enjoys them in a purely æsthetic fashion—which is seldom possible save when he is in liquor—or confesses frankly that he doesn't like them at all; whereas the visiting Americano is so powerfully shocked and
Similar: lasciviousness, wantonness
countable A bawdy remark.

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@misc{bawdiness_2026,
  title = {bawdiness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bawdiness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}