Bawdry

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bawdry \Bawd"ry\, n. [OE. baudery, OF. bauderie, balderie,
     boldness, joy. See {Bawd}.]
     1. The practice of procuring women for the gratification of
        lust.
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     2. Illicit intercourse; fornication. --Shak.
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     3. Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language. "The pert style of
        the pit bawdry." --Steele.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bawdry
       n : lewd or obscene talk or writing; "it was smoking-room
           bawdry"; "they published a collection of Elizabethan
           bawdy" [syn: {bawdy}]