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** English
*** Etymology
From [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
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*** Adjective
[er]
1. Obscene ; filthy ; unchaste . [from 15th Century]
2. [en] Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude ; ribald .
**** Derived terms
- [en]
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**** Translations
[obscene]
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- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
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- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
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[trans-bottom]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A bawdy or lewd person.
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1983 | author=Richard Hoyt | title=The Siskiyou Two-step | page=78
|passage=The BAWDIES were girls who danced naked on a ramp in the middle of a
room full of tables with tops the size of pie plates.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2001 | author=Bill Rinaldi | title=You Can If You Think You Can: The Power of Thinking Big | page=37
|passage=Our scholarly studies and discoveries about bodies and BAWDIES and
the forbidden mysteries of S-E-X proved that participatory education had to be
the very best.}}
*** References
- [R:Online Etymology Dictionary]
** Middle English
*** Adjective
[enm]
1. soiled , dirty [from 14th Century]
2. * [9.5]