bawdy

English

Etymology

bawd +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːdi/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔdi/
(cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑdi/
Rhymes: -ɔːdi
Homophone: body (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Adjective

bawdy (comparative bawdier or more bawdy, superlative bawdiest or most bawdy)

Obscene; filthy; unchaste. [from 15th Century]
(of language) Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude; ribald.

Derived terms

Translations

obscene

Bulgarian: неприличен (bg) (nepriličen), нецензурен (bg) (necenzuren)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 猥褻的／猥亵的 (wěixiè de), 下流的 (xiàliú de), 淫穢的／淫秽的 (yínhuì de)
Dutch: obsceen (nl), onkuis (nl)
Finnish: rivo (fi)
French: grivois (fr), paillard (fr)
German: unanständig (de)
Greek: αισχρός (el) m (aischrós), άσεμνος (el) m (ásemnos)
Maori: mōtekoteko, takao
Polish: sprośny (pl), obleśny (pl)
Romanian: obscen (ro) m
Serbo-Croatian: nepristojan (sh) m, prost (sh) m
Spanish: guarro (es), sucio (es), lascivo (es)
Swedish: oanständig (sv)
Ukrainian: непристойний m (neprystojnyj), розпусний m (rozpusnyj)

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bawdy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Middle English

Adjective

bawdy

soiled, dirty [from 14th Century]
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter V, in Le Morte Darthur, book VII:
  whanne he had ouertaken the damoysel / anone she sayd what dost thow here / thou stynkest al of the kechyn / thy clothes ben bawdy of the greece and talowe that thou gaynest in kyng Arthurs kechyn
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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