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   Lewd

   /lo͞od/

   

   adjective

   • 1. crude and offensive in a sexual way: "she began to gyrate to the music and sing a lewd song" Similar vulgarcrudesmuttydirtyfilthyobscenepornographiccoarsetastelessindecorousindelicateoff colorunseemlyindecentsalaciousgrossdisgustingsordidlowfoulvileruderacyrisquénaughtywickedarousingearthyeroticsexysuggestivetitillatingspicybawdyribaldrawtabooexplicitnear the bonenear the knuckleinformal:blueraunchyX-ratednudge-nudgepornoeuphemistic:adultOpposite decentclean

   Word Origin Old Englishlǣwede, of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘belonging to the laity’; in Middle English, ‘belonging to the common people, vulgar’, and later ‘worthless, vile, evil’, leading to the current sense.

   Derivatives

   • 1. lewdly adverb
   • 2. lewdness noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

   • W

     4

   • D

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