Adjective

(er)

Lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.

* 2014 August 11, , " 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.

(obsolete) Lay; not clerical.

* Sir J. Davies

So these great clerks their little wisdom show / To mock the lewd , as learn'd in this as they.

(obsolete) Uneducated.

(obsolete) Vulgar, common; typical of the lower orders.

* Bible, Acts xvii. 5.

But the Jews, which believed not, and assaulted the house of Jason.

* Southey

Too lewd to work, and ready for any kind of mischief.

(obsolete) Base, vile, reprehensible.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Tending to suggest or imply.

* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)

, chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.}}

Suggesting romance, sex, etc.