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bawdy

adjective noun

Humorously vulgar

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Word Facts

Word length
5
Starts with
B
Ends with
Y
Contains
AW
Scrabble score
14

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈbɔːdi

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. Humorously vulgar

    “Bawdy songs”

noun

  1. Lewd or obscene talk or writing

    “It was smoking-room bawdry”

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Example Sentences

Bawdy songs
Off-color jokes
Ribald language
It was smoking-room bawdry
They published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy

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