bawdy

From bawd +‎ -y.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːdi/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔdi/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑdi/
• Rhymes: -ɔːdi
• Homophone: body (cot–caught merger)

bawdy (comparative bawdier or more bawdy, superlative bawdiest or most bawdy)

1. Obscene; filthy; unchaste. [from 15th Century]
2. (of language) Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude; ribald.

• bawdily
• bawdiness
• bawdy basket
• bawdy-house

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bawdy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

bawdy

1. soiled, dirty [from 14th Century]
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter V, in Le Morte Darthur, book VII (in Middle English):

     whanne he had ouertaken the damoysel / anone she sayd what dost thow here / thou stynkest al of the kechyn / thy clothes ben bawdy of the greece and talowe that thou gaynest in kyng Arthurs kechyn

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