Lewd vs Mature - What's the difference?
lewd | mature |
Lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.
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(obsolete) Lay; not clerical.
* Sir J. Davies
(obsolete) Uneducated.
(obsolete) Vulgar, common; typical of the lower orders.
* Bible, Acts xvii. 5.
* Southey
(obsolete) Base, vile, reprehensible.
Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
Profound; careful.
(obsolete) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
To become mature; to ripen.
To gain experience or wisdom with age.
(finance) To reach the date when payment is due
As an adjective lewd
is lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.As a noun mature is
masts (of a ship).lewd
English
Adjective
(er)Robin Williams, Oscar-Winning Comedian, Dies at 63 in Suspected Suicide," New York Times
- Onstage he was known for ricochet riffs on politics, social issues and cultural matters both high and low; tales of drug and alcohol abuse; lewd commentaries on relations between the sexes; and lightning-like improvisations on anything an audience member might toss at him.
- So these great clerks their little wisdom show / To mock the lewd , as learn'd in this as they.
- But the Jews, which believed not, and assaulted the house of Jason.
- Too lewd to work, and ready for any kind of mischief.
Anagrams
* (l), (l)mature
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- She is quite mature for her age.
- The headmaster decided to expel the boy after a mature consideration.
