bawdy

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bawdy

/ˈbɔːdi/ UK
/ˈbɔ.di/ US
/ˈbɑ.di/ cot caught merger

Sounds like body (cot–caught merger) · Rhymes with -ɔːdi

adjective bawdier · more bawdy · bawdiest · most bawdy

Obscene; filthy; unchaste.
of language Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude; ribald.

noun bawdies

A bawdy or lewd person. The Bawdies were girls who danced naked on a ramp in the middle of a room full of tables with tops the size of pie plates.

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adj obscene

Español	guarro, sucio, lascivo
中文	猥褻的 /猥亵的 wěixiè de, 下流的 xiàliú de, 淫穢的 /淫秽的 yínhuì de
Français	grivois, paillard
Deutsch	unanständig
Ελληνικά	αισχρός aischrós, άσεμνος ásemnos
Română	obscen

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@misc{bawdy_2026,
  title = {bawdy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bawdy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}