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English

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishlewed,lewd,leued(“unlearned, lay, lascivious”), fromOld Englishlǣwede(“unlearned, ignorant, lay”), of uncertain origin. Formally similar to a derivative of the past participle ofOld Englishlǣwan(“to reveal, betray”) in the sense of "exposed as being unlearned" or "easily betrayed, clueless", fromProto-West Germanic*lāwijan, fromProto-Germanic*lēwijaną(“to betray”), from*lēwą(“an opportunity, cause”), fromProto-Indo-European*lēw-(“to leave”). If so, then cognate withOld High Germangilāen,firlāen(“to betray”),Gothic𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽(galēwjan,“to give over, betray”),Gothic𐌻𐌴𐍅(lēw,“an opportunity, cause”). Or, according to the OED, probably fromVulgar Latin*laigo-, fromLate Latinlāicus(“of the people”), fromAncient Greekλαϊκός(laïkós).

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Adjective

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lewd (comparativelewder,superlativelewdest)

  1. Lascivious,sexuallypromiscuous,rude.
    Synonyms:lubricious,lecherous
  2. (obsolete)Lay; not clerical.
    • 1599,John Davies,Nosce Teipsum:
      So these great clerks their little wisdom show / To mock thelewd, as learn'd in this as they.
  3. (obsolete)Uneducated.
    • c. 1515–1516, published 1568,John Skelton,Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
      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. (obsolete)Vulgar,common; typical of the lower orders.
  5. (obsolete)Base,vile,reprehensible.
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lascivious

Noun

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lewd (plurallewds)

  1. Asexuallysuggestive image, particularly one which does not involve fullnudity.
    • 1944,The Saturday Evening Post, volume217, page25:
      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[…]
    • 1996,Cigar Aficionado, page309:
      […] also put it, he learned “the difference between nudes andlewds."
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Verb

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lewd (third-person singular simple presentlewds,present participlelewding,simple past and past participlelewded)

  1. (slang, ambitransitive) To expresslust; to behave in a lewd manner.
    • 2011, Cooper,The Queen's Assassin, page189:
      "Well then,” dropping her bathrobe,lewding her lips, “how 'bout some lovee?”
    • 2016, George Saoulidis,The Girl Who Twisted Fate's Arm:
      Now, the men could just have been watching the unusual APC running on the road, or justlewding at the women.
    • 2019, Aldious Waite,Grape Juice Enlightenment: Immortal Mind, page14:
      Each one lusting andlewding themselves - fighting against the spirit of change.
  2. (fandomslang, transitive) Tosexualize a character, especially in a fan illustration.

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Verb

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lewd (third-person singular simple presentlewds,present participlelewding,simple past and past participlelewded)

  1. (slang)Alternative form oflude(“take the drug quaalude”).
    • 1968,Tom Wolfe,The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, New York, N.Y.:Farrar, Straus and Giroux,→OCLC,page320:
      Babbs, after many days of glumming in his Purina Chow redoubt, strolls over,lewding out, “Hi, Je-e-e-ed!” to Kesey's three-year-old son.
    • 1973,Yardbird Reader - Volumes 1-3, page186:
      I was justlewding around, fucking furiously, drinking and doping and daring the devil.
    • 1996,Exquisite Corpse - Issues 56-61, page54:
      Oncelewded-out. I sampled the bourbon, then somebody suggested I take five more hits.

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Adjective

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lewd

  1. alternative form oflewed
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