Bawdry vs Bawdy - What's the difference?
bawdry | bawdy |
The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.
Illicit intercourse; fornication.
Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language.
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(obsolete) Soiled, dirty.
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*: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
Obscene; filthy; unchaste.
(of language) Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude.
As a noun bawdry
is the practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.As an adjective bawdy is
soiled, dirty.bawdry
English
(Webster 1913)Noun
(-)- for the conversation (if it may be called so) was seldom such as could entertain a lady. It consisted chiefly of hallowing, singing, relations of sporting adventures, b—d—y , and abuse of women, and of the government.