ˈlüd adjective
Etymology: Middle English lewed, lewede vulgar, base, laical, from Old English lǣwede laical
1. obsolete
a. : of, relating to, or characteristic of common and ignorant people : vulgar
b. : base , evil , wicked — used of persons and their conduct
c. : poor , worthless — used of things
2.
a. : sexually unchaste or licentious : dissolute , lascivious
b. : suggestive of or tending to moral looseness : inciting to sensual desire or imagination : indecent , obscene , salacious
moralists looked upon it as a lewd distraction — Lewis Mumford
loud, lewd dissonances from the … orchestra in the pit — Time
the hawk stood … with his lewd purple tongue lolling from his open beak — Liam O'Flaherty