Antonyms for bawdiness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : baw-dee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɔ di

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Definition of bawdiness

Origin :

• late 14c., "soiled, dirty, filthy," from bawd + -y (2). Meaning "lewd" is from 1510s, from notion of "pertaining to or befitting a bawd;" usually of language (originally to talk bawdy).
• Bawdy Basket, the twenty-third rank of canters, who carry pins, tape, ballads and obscene books to sell. [Grose, "Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1785]
• Related: Bawdily; bawdiness.

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Synonyms for bawdiness