different between lewd vs indecent
lewd
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English lewed, lewd, leued (“unlearned, lay, lascivious”), from Old English l?wede (“unlearned, ignorant, lay”), of obscure origin; most likely a derivative of the past participle of l?wan (“to reveal, betray”) in the sense of "exposed as being unlearned" or "easily betrayed, clueless", from Proto-Germanic *l?wijan? (“to betray”), from *l?w? (“an opportunity, cause”), from Proto-Indo-European *l?w- (“to leave”). Or, according to the OED, from Vulgar Latin *laigo-, from Late Latin laicus (“of the people”).
Cognate with Old High German gil?en, firl?en (“to betray”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (gal?wjan, “to give over, betray”), Gothic ???????????? (l?w, “an opportunity, cause”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /lju?d/
- (US) IPA(key): /lud/
- enPR: lo?od
- Rhymes: -u?d
- Homophone: leud
Adjective
lewd (comparative lewder, superlative lewdest)
- Lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.
- 2014 August 11, w:Dave Itzkoff, "Robin Williams, Oscar-Winning Comedian, Dies at 63 in Suspected Suicide," New York Times
- Onstage he was known for ricochet riffs on politics, social issues and cultural matters both high and low; tales of drug and alcohol abuse; lewd commentaries on relations between the sexes; and lightning-like improvisations on anything an audience member might toss at him.
- 2014 August 11, w:Dave Itzkoff, "Robin Williams, Oscar-Winning Comedian, Dies at 63 in Suspected Suicide," New York Times
- (obsolete) Lay; not clerical.
- 1599, John Davies, Nosce Teipsum
- So these great clerks their little wisdom show / To mock the lewd, as learn'd in this as they.
- 1599, John Davies, Nosce Teipsum
- (obsolete) Uneducated.
- c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Again?t venemous tongues enpoy?oned with ?claunder and fal?e detractions &c.:
- My ?coles are not for unthriftes untaught,
For frantick faitours half mad and half ?traught;
But my learning is of another degree
To taunt theim like liddrons, lewde as thei bee.
- My ?coles are not for unthriftes untaught,
- c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Again?t venemous tongues enpoy?oned with ?claunder and fal?e detractions &c.:
- (obsolete) Vulgar, common; typical of the lower orders.
- But the Jews, which believed not, […] took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, […] and assaulted the house of Jason.
- 1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society
- Too lewd to work, and ready for any kind of mischief.
- (obsolete) Base, vile, reprehensible.
Derived terms
- lewdsby
- lewdness
- lewdster
Translations
Noun
lewd (plural lewds)
- A sexually suggestive image, particularly one which does not involve full nudity.
- 1944, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 217, page 25:
- 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, page 309:
- […] also put it, he learned “the difference between nudes and lewds."
- 1944, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 217, page 25:
Verb
lewd (third-person singular simple present lewds, present participle lewding, simple past and past participle lewded)
- To express lust; to behave in a lewd manner.
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Etymology 2
Verb
lewd (third-person singular simple present lewds, present participle lewding, simple past and past participle lewded)
- (slang) Alternative form of lude (“take the drug quaalude”)
Anagrams
- Weld, weld
Middle English
Adjective
lewd
- Alternative form of lewed
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indecent
English
Etymology
in- +? decent
Adjective
indecent (comparative more indecent, superlative most indecent)
- offensive to good taste
- Synonyms: distasteful, in bad taste, in poor taste, offensive
- not in keeping with conventional moral values; improper, immodest or unseemly
- Synonyms: immodest, immoral, improper, unseemly
- (criminal law) Generally unacceptable for public broadcasting but not legally obscene.
Related terms
- indecency
Translations
Anagrams
- incented
Romanian
Etymology
From French indécent, from Latin indecens.
Adjective
indecent m or n (feminine singular indecent?, masculine plural indecen?i, feminine and neuter plural indecente)
- indecent
Declension
Related terms
- indecen??
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