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Lewd Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Lewd? [adj] suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" [adj] driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires; "libidinous orgies" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Lewd: dirty \| lascivious \| libidinous \| lustful \| obscene \| salacious \| sexy Related Terms \| Find terms related to Lewd: animal \| aphrodisiomaniacal \| bawdy \| blue \| carnal \| clitoromaniacal \| coarse \| concupiscent \| crude \| debauched \| dirty \| dissolute \| erotic \| eroticomaniacal \| erotomaniacal \| fast \| Fescennine \| filthy \| fleshly \| foul \| foul-mouthed \| foul-spoken \| foul-tongued \| fulsome \| goatish \| gross \| gynecomaniacal \| hircine \| horny \| hot \| hysteromaniacal \| improper \| impure \| incontinent \| indecent \| indelicate \| ithyphallic \| lascivious \| lecherous \| libertine \| libidinous \| licentious \| lickerish \| lubricious \| lubricous \| lurid \| lustful \| nasty \| nymphomaniacal \| obscene \| offensive \| pornographic \| priapic \| prurient \| Rabelaisian \| randy \| raunchy \| raw \| ribald \| rude \| ruttish \| salacious \| satyric \| satyrical \| scurrile \| scurrilous \| sensual \| sexual \| sexy \| smoking-room \| smutty \| suggestive \| sultry \| unchaste \| unclean \| unprintable \| unrepeatable \| unvirtuous \| vile \| wild See Also \| Lewd In Webster's Dictionary \Lewd\ (l[=u]d), a. [Compar. {Lewder} (-[~e]r); superl. {Lewdest}.] [{OE}. lewed, lewd, lay, ignorant, vile, AS. l[=ae]wed laical, belonging to the laity.] 1. Not clerical; laic; laical; hence, unlearned; simple. [Obs.] For if a priest be foul, on whom we trust, No wonder is a lewed man to rust. --Chaucer. So these great clerks their little wisdom show To mock the lewd, as learn'd in this as they. --Sir. J. Davies. 2. Belonging to the lower classes, or the rabble; idle and lawless; bad; vicious. [Archaic] --Chaucer. But the Jews, which believed not, . . . took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, . . . and assaulted the house of Jason. --Acts xvii. 5. Too lewd to work, and ready for any kind of mischief. --Southey. 3. Given to the promiscuous indulgence of lust; dissolute; lustful; libidinous. --Dryden. 4. Suiting, or proceeding from, lustfulness; involving unlawful sexual desire; as, lewd thoughts, conduct, or language. Syn: Lustful; libidinous; licentious; profligate; dissolute; sensual; unchaste; impure; lascivious; lecherous; rakish; debauched. -- {Lewd"ly}, adv. -- {Lewd"ness}, n.

Lewd Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lewd?

[adj] suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"
[adj] driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires; "libidinous orgies"

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Lewd In Webster's Dictionary

\Lewd\ (l[=u]d), a. [Compar. {Lewder} (-[~e]r); superl.
{Lewdest}.] [{OE}. lewed, lewd, lay, ignorant, vile, AS.
l[=ae]wed laical, belonging to the laity.]
1. Not clerical; laic; laical; hence, unlearned; simple.
   [Obs.]

         For if a priest be foul, on whom we trust, No wonder
         is a lewed man to rust.               --Chaucer.

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

2. Belonging to the lower classes, or the rabble; idle and
   lawless; bad; vicious. [Archaic] --Chaucer.

         But the Jews, which believed not, . . . took unto
         them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, . . .
         and assaulted the house of Jason.     --Acts xvii.
                                               5.

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

3. Given to the promiscuous indulgence of lust; dissolute;
   lustful; libidinous. --Dryden.

4. Suiting, or proceeding from, lustfulness; involving
   unlawful sexual desire; as, lewd thoughts, conduct, or
   language.

Syn: Lustful; libidinous; licentious; profligate; dissolute;
     sensual; unchaste; impure; lascivious; lecherous;
     rakish; debauched. -- {Lewd"ly}, adv. -- {Lewd"ness}, n.

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