Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A bawdy or lewd person.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryObscene; filthy; unchaste. · Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude; ribald.
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 Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bawdy From bawd + -y.
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