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Adjective: bawdy (bawdier,bawdiest)  bo-dee
  1. Humorously vulgar
    "bawdy songs";
    - off-color [US], ribald, off-colour [Brit, Cdn]
Noun: bawdy  bo-dee
  1. Lewd or obscene talk or writing
    "they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy";
    - bawdry [archaic]

Derived forms: bawdier, bawdies, bawdiest

See also: dirty

Type of: dirty word, filth, obscenity, smut, vulgarism

Encyclopedia: Bawdy