Bawdy
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Bawdry or bawdiness as a genre in fiction is referred to as ribaldry.
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Adjective
- Obscene; filthy; unchaste.
- Of language: Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude.
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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.
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