lewd

[Lewd]

Lewd remarks are sexually inappropriate. Personal and sexually explicit comments might be acceptable when said in private, but they are not all right when said to strangers in public.

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Not clerical; laic; laical; hence, unlearned; simple.

Adjective S.
suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"

Adjective S.
driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires; "libidinous orgies"


superl.
Not clerical; laic; laical; hence, unlearned; simple.

superl.
Belonging to the lower classes, or the rabble; idle and lawless; bad; vicious.

superl.
Given to the promiscuous indulgence of lust; dissolute; lustful; libidinous.

superl.
Suiting, or proceeding from, lustfulness; involving unlawful sexual desire; as, lewd thoughts, conduct, or language.


Lewd

Lewd , a. [Compar. Lewder ; superl. Lewdest.] [OE.lewed, lewd, lay, ignorant, vile, AS. lwed laical, belonging to the laity.] 1. Not clerical; laic; laical; hence, unlearned; simple. [Obs.]
For if priest be foul, on whom we trust, No wonder is a lewed man to rust.
So these great clerks their little wisdom show To mock the lewd, as learn'd in this as they.
2. Belonging to the lower classes, or the rabble; idle and lawless; bad; vicious. [Archaic] Chaucer.
But the Jews, which believed not, . . . took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, . . . and assaulted the house of Jason.
Too lewd to work, and ready for any kind of mischief.
. 3. Given to the promiscuous indulgence of lust; dissolute; lustful; libidinous. Dryden. 4. Suiting, or proceeding from, lustfulness; involving unlawful sexual desire; as, lewd thoughts, conduct, or language. Syn. -- Lustful; libidinous; licentious; profligate; dissolute; sensual; unchaste; impure; lascivious; lecherous; rakish; debauched. -- Lewd"ly, adv. -- Lewd"ness, n.

Not clerical; laic; laical; hence, unlearned; simple.

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