1.
[syn: lewdly, obscenely]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lewd \Lewd\ (l[=u]d), a. [Compar. Lewder (-[~e]r); superl.
Lewdest.] [OE. lewed, lewd, lay, ignorant, vile, AS.
l[=ae]wed laical, belonging to the laity.]
1. Not clerical; laic; laical; hence, unlearned; simple.
[Obs.]
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For if a priest be foul, on whom we trust,
No wonder is a lewed man to rust. --Chaucer.
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So these great clerks their little wisdom show
To mock the lewd, as learn'd in this as they. --Sir.
J. Davies.
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2. Belonging to the lower classes, or the rabble; idle and
lawless; bad; vicious. [Archaic] --Chaucer.
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But the Jews, which believed not, . . . took unto
them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, . . .
and assaulted the house of Jason. --Acts xvii.
5.
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Too lewd to work, and ready for any kind of
mischief. --Southey.
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3. Given to the promiscuous indulgence of lust; dissolute;
lustful; libidinous. --Dryden.
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4. Suiting, or proceeding from, lustfulness; involving
unlawful sexual desire; as, lewd thoughts, conduct, or
language.
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Syn: Lustful; libidinous; licentious; profligate; dissolute;
sensual; unchaste; impure; lascivious; lecherous;
rakish; debauched. -- Lewd"ly, adv. -- Lewd"ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lewdly
adv 1: in a lewd and obscene manner; "he had seen how in their
dances the white men and women held one another
obscenely" [syn: lewdly, obscenely]