lewdness

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lewdness

  • /ˈluːdnəs/

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From Middle English lewednesse, equivalent to lewd + -ness.

noun lewdnesses

  1. countable, uncountable The quality, state or instance of being lewd; promiscuous. Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdnesse of thy youth, in bruising thy teates by the Egyptians, for the paps of thy youth.

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noun promiscuity

Kiswahiliuasherati
DeutschAnzüglichkeit
Русскийпо́хоть póxotʹ, похотли́вость poxotlívostʹ, распу́тность raspútnostʹ
العربيةشَبَق šabaq
עבריתזִמָּה zimmá

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@misc{lewdness_2026,
  title = {lewdness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lewdness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}