Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
One who keeps a brothel, or procures women for prostitution; a procurer or madam. · A person who facilitates an immoral act, especially one of a sexual nature. · A lewd person.
adj
Joyous; riotously gay.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo procure women for lewd purposes.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *bʰóltosder. Proto-Germanic *balþaz Frankish *balþbor. Old French baudbor. Middle English bawde English bawd From Middle English bawde, baude, from Old French baud (“bold, lively, jolly, gay”). Doublet of bold. An association with Welsh bawddyn (“dirty fellow, scoundrel”), from baw (“dirt”), was suggested by the Rev. Henry Todd.
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