Definition of Lewdnesses

1. lewdness [n] - See also: lewdness

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lewdnesses

levulosans
levulose
levuloses
levulosuria
levy
levying
levyne
levynite
lew
lewder
lewdest
lewdly
lewdness
lewdnesses (current term)
lewdsbies
lewdsby
lewdster
lewdsters
lewer
lewest
lewis blood-group system
lewises
lewisia
lewisias
lewisite
lewisites
lewisson
lewissons

Literary usage of Lewdnesses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"... not often hear of this or that youw heir ? are not his riches and his lewdnesses talked of together ? Stett. 6. When this and that respect a former ..."

2. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"That although hee were assured, that he were to be hanged, and that the Fire were kindled to burne him, yet hee would reprehend his vices and lewdnesses, ..."

3. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"That although hee were assured, that he were to be hanged, and that the Fire were kindled to burne him, yet hee would reprehend his vices and lewdnesses, ..."

4. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"That although hee were assured, that he were to be hanged, and that the Fire were kindled to burne him, yet hee would reprehend his vices and lewdnesses, ..."

5. The Harleian Miscellany; Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John J. Malham (1810)
"And by their ill example, a door is set wide open, to let in, among the vulgar, all the lewdnesses und immoralities m the world. Therefore you should chuse ..."

6. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1890)
"... a shameful subjection of her senses, she begins the reparation of these criminal lewdnesses, by the humiliation and disgust of these lowly services. ..."

7. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803: Explorations by Early Navigators by Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson, Edward Gaylord Bourne (1905)
"... and above measure opposed to the gospel, since that was above measure opposed to their vices, cruelties, lewdnesses, superstitions, and idolatries. ..."

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