Lewdest

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

  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.
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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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