Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Preoccupied with sex and sexual desire; lustful.
- adjective Obscene; indecent.
- adjective Obsolete Wicked.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Ignorant; unlearned; illiterate.
- Lay, as opposed to clerical.
- Rude; homely; uncultivated.
- Worthless; useless.
- Bad; vile; vicious; wicked.
- Lustful; wanton; lascivious; libidinous.
- Synonyms See list under
lascivious .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Not clerical; laic; laical; hence, unlearned; simple.
- adjective Archaic Belonging to the lower classes, or the rabble; idle and lawless; bad; vicious.
- adjective Given to the promiscuous indulgence of lust; dissolute; lustful; libidinous.
- adjective Suiting, or proceeding from, lustfulness; involving unlawful sexual desire.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Lascivious , sexually promiscuous,rude . - adjective obsolete
Lay ; not clerical. - adjective obsolete
Uneducated . - adjective obsolete
Vulgar ,common ; typical of the lower orders. - adjective obsolete
Base ,vile ,reprehensible .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires
- adjective suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The word lewd has appeared in 109 New York Times articles in the past year, including on July 29 in "Faces Still Alive, Centuries Later," by Roberta Smith:
NYT > Home Page By THE LEARNING NETWORK 2011
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"Though it should be noted that neither of those votes is directly at odds with engaging in lewd conduct in a public men's rest room."
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Craig then entered the stall next to Karsniaâs and placed his roller bag against the front of the stall door. âMy experience has shown that individuals engaging in lewd conduct use their bags to block the view from the front of their stall, â Karsnia stated in his report. âFrom my seated position, I could observe the shoes and ankles of Craig seated to the left of me. â
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I recognized this as a signal used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct.
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Ever notice how many of the female rock and pop stars, even though they are dressed in lewd neo-corsets and other underwear and skimpy things, still manage NOT to look sexy?
Modest Feminine Dress From the Pages of 1990 Victoria Magazine 2009
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Though it should be noted that neither of those votes is directly at odds with engaging in lewd conduct in a public men's rest room.
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Although exonerated as not guilty by the law, the scandal of a teacher with a student destroyed her reputation as she is hung as a femme fatale by the public especially condemning her are the altered pictures on the Internet that showed them together in lewd poses.
Triple Exposure-Colleen Thompson « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2008
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"I recognized this as a signal used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct," Roll Call wrote, quoting the investigator in the police incident report.
Another Gay Republican's Hypocrisy Exposed uncorrectedproofs 2007
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"I recognized this as a signal used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct," Roll Call wrote, quoting the investigator in the police incident report.
Archive 2007-08-01 uncorrectedproofs 2007
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Then he died and certain lewd fellows of the Children of Israel heard of the charge he had laid on his son and began coming to the latter and saying, “Thy father had such and such monies of mine, and thou knowest it; so give me what was entrusted to him or else make oath that there was no trust.”
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