INDECENCY, INDECENT
ADJECTIVES
► BLUE indecent, obscene → colloq.
► GAMY scandalous; indecent → a1961 chiefly US
► IMPUDICOUS immodest, indecent, indelicate → 1657 obs.
► ITHYPHALLIAN grossly indecent, obscene → 1693 obs.
► ITHYPHALLIC grossly indecent, obscene → 1856
► MENSELESS without regard for decency or propriety; indecent; untidy, disorderly → 1811 Eng. dial.
► NANA outrageous, indecent → L19 sl.
► NANA-ISH outrageous, indecent → L19 sl.
► NEAR THE KNUCKLE rude and slightly offensive; verging on indecent → 1895 colloq.
► OFF-COLOUR tending to be indecent, obscene, lewd, or lascivious, but hinting at or suggesting the obscene → 1875 sl.
► PECCAMINOUS full of sins, sinful; later: bawdy; indecent, lewd → 1656 obs.
► RANCHY dirty, disgusting, indecent → E19 US sl.
► RANK gross, highly offensive or loathsome; in later use esp. grossly coarse or indecent → a1300
► RIDICULOUS indecent; outrageous → 1832 Amer. dial.
► RUFTY-TUFTY boisterous and indecent → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SAUCY improper; indecent → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCABROUS indecent or scandalous; risqué; obscene
► SMUTTY indecent, immodest, impure, obscene, bawdy → 1668
► UNDECENT indecent → 1773 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► UNMENSEFUL disorderly; unmannerly; unseemly; indecent → 1838 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► UNPROPER improper; indecent → 1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► BIT OF BLUE, A indecency, obscenity, often of a mild nature → 1889
► BLUE indecent language → 1889 sl.
► IMPUDENCE indecency → 1682 Eng. dial.
► JAFFLE idle discourse of an indecent or malicious character → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RIBALDRY ► RIBAUDRY indecency; profligate talk → 1599 sl.
► RIBBLE-RABBLE indecent or profligate talk, ribaldry → 19C Eng. dial.
► SMUT indecent or obscene language → 1698
► UNDECENTNESS. indecency → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
► BAWDY-BASKET a hawker of indecent literature → 1567
► RIBAUDOUR a retailer of smut → 1903 sl. (Bk.)