Bawdy vs Salacity - What's the difference?
bawdy | salacity |
(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.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being salacious; lewdness, obscenity, bawdiness.
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*:Aristotle gives instance in sparrows, which are parum vivaces ob salacitatem , short-lived because of their salacity , which is very frequent […].
(countable) An act which is salacious, (lewd, obscene or bawdy).