BAWDRY, BAWDY
ADJECTIVES
17C.. ► SMUTTY bawdy, obscene
1600 ► FULSOME sexually unrestrained, unchaste, lascivious; bawdy, lewd → obs.
1656 ► PECCAMINOUS bawdy; indecent, lewd → obs. rare
1656 ► SPURCIDICAL bawdy in speech; speaking dishonestly, obscenely, or smuttily → obs.
1668 ► SMUTTY indecent, immodest, impure, obscene, bawdy
1913 ► ORNERY bawdy → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1967 ► RAUNCHY bawdy, sexually suggestive, or salacious → sl.
NOUNS
1608 ► BAWDREAMINY bawdry
VERBS
L18.. ► TALK PACK-THREAD to speak bawdily in seemly terms → colloq.