bawd
/bɔd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.63 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Of late in the Park, a fair fancy was seen / Betwixt an old Baud and a lusty young Quean, / Their parting of Money began the uproar, / I'll have half says the Baud, but you shan't says the Whore"
- "As Whores decay'd and past their Labours, / Turn Bawds, and so assist their Neighbours."
- "[…] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […]"
- "Compared with their opponents, bawds and their associates increasingly had deeper pockets and greater confidence in manipulating the law."
- "In ſaying this thou wrongſt me Gaueſton, / Iſt not enough that thou corrupts my Lord, / And art a Bawd to his affections, / But thou muſt call mine honour thus in queſtion?"
Etymology
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 From Middle English bawde, baude, from Old French baud (“bold, lively, jolly, gay”). Doublet of bold. An association with Welsh bawddyn (“dirty fellow, scoundrel”), from baw (“dirt”), was suggested by the Rev. Henry Todd.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /bɔd/
- British English: /bɔːd/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.
Inflected Forms
bawds (plural)
baud (alternative)
baude (alternative)
more bawd (comparative)
most bawd (superlative)
bawds (present, singular)
bawding (participle, present)
bawded (participle, past)
bawded (past)