Meanings
comparative bawdier · comparative more bawdy · superlative bawdiest · superlative most bawdy
plural bawdies
- A bawdy or lewd person.
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.
1983, Richard Hoyt, The Siskiyou Two-step, page 781 more example
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.
2001, Bill Rinaldi, You Can If You Think You Can: The Power of Thinking Big, page 37
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰóltos
- Proto-Germanic*balþaz
- Frankish*balþ
- Old Frenchbaud
- Middle Englishbawde
- Englishbawd
- Englishbawdy
Translations
Bulgarian неприличен, нецензурен
- неприличен (nepriličen)obscene
- нецензурен (necenzuren)obscene
Chinese Mandarin 猥褻的 /猥亵的, 下流的
- 猥褻的 /猥亵的 (wěixiè de)obscene
- 下流的 (xiàliú de)obscene
- 淫穢的 /淫秽的 (yínhuì de)obscene
Czech necudný, lascivní
- necudnýobscene
- lascivníobscene
Danish uanstændig, sjofel
- uanstændigobscene
- sjofelobscene
Dutch obsceen, onkuis
- obsceenobscene
- onkuisobscene
Finnish rivo
- rivoobscene
French grivois, paillard
- grivoisobscene
- paillardobscene
German unanständig
- unanständigobscene
Greek αισχρός, άσεμνος
- αισχρός (aischrós)obscene
- άσεμνος (ásemnos)obscene
Māori mōtekoteko, takao
- mōtekotekoobscene
- takaoobscene
Polish sprośny, obleśny
- sprośnyobscene
- obleśnyobscene
- obscenicznyobscene
Romanian obscen
- obscenobscene
Spanish guarro, sucio
- guarroobscene
- sucioobscene
- lascivoobscene
Swedish oanständig
- oanständigobscene
Ukrainian непристойний, розпусний
- непристойний (neprystojnyj)obscene
- розпусний (rozpusnyj)obscene
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with bawdy
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Cite this entry
bawdy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bawdy
“bawdy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bawdy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bawdy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bawdy.
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