BAWDRY


Meaning of BAWDRY in English

ˈbȯdrē, -ri noun

( -es )

Etymology: Middle English bawderie, from bawde + -erie -ery

1. obsolete : the practice or business of a bawd

2. obsolete : illicit intercourse : unchastity

we must be married or we must live in bawdry — Shakespeare

3. : offensively suggestive, coarse, or obscene language : bawdiness

smoking-room bawdry

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.