lewd

UK /ljuːd/ US /ljuːd/
adj 5verb 3noun 1

Definitions

adj

1

Lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.

Onstage he was known for ricochet riffs on politics, social issues and cultural matters both high and low; tales of drug and alcohol abuse; lewd commentaries on relations between the sexes; and lightning-like improvisations on anything an audience member might toss at him.

2

Lay; not clerical.

So these great clerks their little wisdom show / To mock the lewd, as learn'd in this as they.

3

Uneducated.

My ſcoles are not for unthriftes untaught, / For frantick faitours half mad and half ſtraught; / But my learning is of another degree / To taunt theim like liddrons, lewde as thei bee.

4

Vulgar, common; typical of the lower orders.

But the Jews, which believed not, […] took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, […] and assaulted the house of Jason.

Too lewd to work, and ready for any kind of mischief.

5

Base, vile, reprehensible.

noun

1

A sexually suggestive image, particularly one which does not involve full nudity.

Nudes, lewds and smutty outhouse cards, although they can be bought in some of the rowdy joints, are a negligible percentage of the total, and are unobtainable in the chain stores, drugstores and travel stations which are the outlets for […]

[…] also put it, he learned “the difference between nudes and lewds."

verb

1

To express lust; to behave in a lewd manner.

"Well then,” dropping her bathrobe, lewding her lips, “how 'bout some lovee?”

Now, the men could just have been watching the unusual APC running on the road, or just lewding at the women.

2

To sexualize a character, especially in a fan illustration.

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