lewd
adjective/luːd/, /ljuːd/
/luːd/
- referring to or involving sex in a rude and offensive way synonym obscene
- lewd behaviour/jokes/suggestions
Word OriginOld English lǣwede, of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘belonging to the laity’ (members of the church who are not clergy); in Middle English, ‘belonging to the common people, vulgar’, and later ‘worthless, vile, evil’, leading to the current sense.
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