lewdness
English
Etymology
From Middle English lewednesse, equivalent to lewd + -ness.
Pronunciation
- enPR: lo͞od'nəs, IPA(key): /ˈluːdnəs/
Noun
lewdness (countable and uncountable, plural lewdnesses)
- The quality, state or instance of being lewd; promiscuous.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 23:21:
- Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdnesse of thy youth, in bruising thy teates by the Egyptians, for the paps of thy youth.
- 1816 [1777], James Boswell, quoting Samuel Johnson, The life of Samuel Johnson […] , volume 3, T. Cadell and W. Davies, pages 210–211:
- Sir, Lord Hailes has forgot. There is nothing in Pryor that will excite to lewdness.
Translations
promiscuity
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