lewd

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  1. adjective Preoccupied with sex and sexual desire; lustful.
  2. adjective Obscene; indecent.
  3. adjective Obsolete Wicked.

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  • “So I gat I lewd, and maybe she should,” Butch said, from behind his newspaper. —  Paradise Lost
  • In Frogland he then rolls his eyes and tries to appear lewd which is why DeGaulle had that tremendous big nose. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 01 - July 1996
  • Just how lascivious and lewd were the cabin interludes? —  Lori Foster - Duets.html
  • David Garcia, 51, who is unemployed, was charged with lewd or lascivious molestation, according to Marion County sheriff's officials. —  news | OS | http://www.ocala.com
  • He was charged with lewd or lascivious battery and lewd or lascivious molestation, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office. —  news | OS | http://www.ocala.com
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lascivious ·  obscene ·  licentious ·  indelicate ·  ribald ·  immoral ·  profligate ·  lecherous ·  shameless ·  malicious ·  abusive ·  wicked
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English leued, unlearned, lay, lascivious, from Old English lǣwede, ignorant, lay.

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  1. from Middle English lewde, leude, laude, lewed, unlearned, ignorant, from Anglo-Saxon lǣwed, unlearned, ignorant, lay; apparently orig. past participle of lǣwan, weaken, enfeeble, also betray, = Gothic (Moesogothic) lēwjan, betray, from lēw, an occasion, opportunity. The development of senses has been somewhat peculiar.
 

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