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Definition of Bawdiness
1. Noun. The trait of behaving in an obscene manner.
Generic synonyms: Indecency
Specialized synonyms: Dirtiness, Smuttiness
Derivative terms: Bawdy, Lewd, Obscene, Obscene, Salacious, Salacious, Salacious, Salacious
Definition of Bawdiness
1. n. Obscenity; lewdness.
Definition of Bawdiness
1. Noun. The state or characteristic of being bawdy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bawdiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bawdiness
Literary usage of Bawdiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The new nation by John Morris (1880)
"German Zote, obscenity, bawdiness. Persian 651 Zada, affected with disease.
Anglo-Saxon Seada, a disease. Sanscrit 989 Sat, to be diseased. ..."
2. Early English Text Society by Early English Text Society (1868)
"... Boast not of bawdiness. but be cleanly in speech as well as dress. Honesty is
worth more than velvet hoods. Reply not thou agaynst a prowde, ..."
3. Benjamin Franklin in American Thought and Culture, 1790-1990 by Nian-Sheng Huang (1994)
"... Bosco wrote: Significantly, in the writings discussed below one finds not the
postures of amusement, burlesque, bawdiness, or facetiousness typically ..."
4. Benjamin Franklin in American Thought and Culture, 1790-1990 by Nian-Sheng Huang (1994)
"... in the writings discussed below one finds not the postures of amusement,
burlesque, bawdiness, or facetiousness typically associated with the satirical ..."
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