lewd

Etymology 1
From, , , from , of origin. Formally similar to a derivative of the past participle of in the sense of "exposed as being unlearned" or "easily betrayed, clueless", from, from , from , from. If so, then cognate with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Or, according to the OED, probably from, from , from.

Pronunciation




Adjective

 * 1) Lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.
 * 2)  Lay; not clerical.
 * 3)  Uneducated.
 * 4) * c. 1515–1516, published 1568,, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
 * My ſcoles are not for unthriftes untaught, For frantick faitours half mad and half ſtraught; But my learning is of another degree To taunt theim like liddrons, lewde as thei bee.
 * 1)  Vulgar, common; typical of the lower orders.
 * 2)  Base, vile, reprehensible.
 * My ſcoles are not for unthriftes untaught, For frantick faitours half mad and half ſtraught; But my learning is of another degree To taunt theim like liddrons, lewde as thei bee.
 * 1)  Vulgar, common; typical of the lower orders.
 * 2)  Base, vile, reprehensible.
 * 1)  Base, vile, reprehensible.
 * 1)  Base, vile, reprehensible.

Translations

 * Arabic: شَهْوَانِيّ, شَبِق, غَلِم
 * Azerbaijani: şəhvətpərəst, yava
 * Belarusian: юрлі́вы, маркатлі́вы, блудлі́вы, распу́сны, пажа́длівы
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, rietas
 * French:, , ,
 * Galician: lascivo, burdallo, godalleiro, lúbrico,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient Greek: ἀσελγής
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Irish: graosta
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 助け平,, ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Lakota: šikšíl
 * Latin: obscēnus, incestus, impudīcus, lascīvus
 * Macedonian: похотлив
 * Maori: tīweka, karihika
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , , , , ,
 * Scots: roch
 * Scottish Gaelic: mì-gheanmnaidh, drabasta
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:, , , ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Tagalog:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, паплю́жний, , пожа́дливий, розпу́сний

Noun

 * 1) A sexually suggestive image, particularly one which does not involve full nudity.

Verb

 * 1)  To express lust; to behave in a lewd manner.