Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bawdy

/ˈbɔ.di/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.56 in modern English

Syllables: bawdy
IPA: /ˈbɔ.di/

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obscene; filthy; unchaste.

adj

Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude; ribald.

noun

A bawdy or lewd person.

Example Sentences

"The Bawdies were girls who danced naked on a ramp in the middle of a room full of tables with tops the size of pie plates."
"Our scholarly studies and discoveries about bodies and bawdies and the forbidden mysteries of S-E-X proved that participatory education had to be the very best."

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 Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bawdy From bawd + -y.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈbɔ.di/
British English: /ˈbɔːdi/

Inflected Forms

bawdier (comparative) more bawdy (comparative) bawdiest (superlative) most bawdy (superlative) bawdies (plural)

Derived Forms

bawdily bawdiness

Phrases

bawdy basket bawdy-house

Synonyms

off-color ribald bawdry

Homonyms

body (cot–caught merger)

Rhymes With

saudi audi gaudy broady broadie drawdy patnaude dawdy sawdey sawdy

Questions

How do you pronounce bawdy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɔ.di/.
What does bawdy mean?: Obscene; filthy; unchaste.
Where does bawdy come from?: 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 Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bawdy From bawd + -y.

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