Bawdy
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'''Bawdry''' or '''bawdiness''' as a genre in fiction is referred to as [[ribaldry]]. | '''Bawdry''' or '''bawdiness''' as a genre in fiction is referred to as [[ribaldry]]. | ||
==Adjective== | ==Adjective== | ||
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#[[obscene|Obscene]]; [[filthy]]; [[unchaste]]. | #[[obscene|Obscene]]; [[filthy]]; [[unchaste]]. | ||
#Of language: [[sexual|Sexual]] in nature and usually meant to be [[humorous]] but considered [[rude]]. | #Of language: [[sexual|Sexual]] in nature and usually meant to be [[humorous]] but considered [[rude]]. | ||
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- | ==Keywords== | + | From Middle English bawde, baude, noun form of Old French baud (“[[bold,]] [[lively]], [[jolly]], [[gay]]”), from Old Low Frankish *bald (“bold, proud”), from Proto-Germanic *balþaz (“[[strong]], bold”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-, *bʰlē- (“to inflate, swell”). Cognate with Old High German bald (“bold, [[bright]]”), Old English beald (“bold, [[brave]], [[confident]], strong”). More at bold. |
- | [[burlesque]] - [[dirty]] - [[farce]] - [[humour]] - [[obscene]] - [[ribaldry]] - [[vaudeville]] - [[vulgar]] | + | == See also == |
- | + | *[[The bawdy origins of rock and roll]] | |
- | == Examples == | + | *[[Sexual humor]] |
- | * ''[[The Golden Ass|The Golden Ass: Or Metamorphoses]]'' ([[100s]]) - Apuleius - | + | *[[Erotic comedy]] |
- | * ''[[The Indiscreet Jewels]]'' ([[1748]]) - Denis Diderot | + | |
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Bawdry or bawdiness as a genre in fiction is referred to as ribaldry.
Adjective
- Obscene; filthy; unchaste.
- Of language: Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude.
Etymology
From Middle English bawde, baude, noun form of Old French baud (“bold, lively, jolly, gay”), from Old Low Frankish *bald (“bold, proud”), from Proto-Germanic *balþaz (“strong, bold”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-, *bʰlē- (“to inflate, swell”). Cognate with Old High German bald (“bold, bright”), Old English beald (“bold, brave, confident, strong”). More at bold.
See also
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