See Also: bawdy(1)(dictionary)
bawdy(2)(dictionary)
bawdy(dictionary)
bawdy house(dictionary)
BAWDY-HOUSE, crim(law)

bawdy(2) (iou)



bawdy adjective2 & noun. E16.
[from BAWD noun1 + -Y1: prob. assoc. with BAWDY adjective1.]
A. adjective. Of or befitting a bawd, esp. (of language) humorously indecent. E16.
bawdy-house arch. a brothel.
b. noun. Humorously indecent language or talk (esp. in talk bawdy); licentiousness. M17.
bawdily adverb E17.
bawdiness noun2 lewdness, obscenity: M18.