bawdy
Plural: bawdies
Noun
- Obscene or indecent language.
- lewd or obscene talk or writing
- "they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy"
- A bawdy or lewd person.
Adjective Satellite
- humorously vulgar
- "bawdy songs"
Adj
- Obscene; filthy; unchaste.
- Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude; ribald.
Adjective
- Dealing with sexual matters in a comical, indecent way.
Examples
- His use of bawdy on the board was both shocking and brilliant.
- Playing a bawdy word always gets a laugh at our Scrabble club meetings.
Origin / Etymology
From bawd + -y.
Scrabble Score: 14
bawdy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbawdy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bawdy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
bawdy: valid Words With Friends Word