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bawdiness

bawdiness noun: the characteristic or state of being bawdy.

Noun

bawdiness (countable and uncountable, plural bawdinesses)

  1. (uncountable) The characteristic or state of being bawdy.
    • [A] Frenchman, viewing the undraped statues which bedizen his native galleries of art, either enjoys them in a purely æsthetic fashion—which is seldom possible save when he is in liquor—or confesses frankly that he doesn't like them at all; whereas the visiting Americano is so powerfully shocked...1918, H[enry] L[ouis] Mencken, “The Tone Art”, in Damn! A Book of Calumny, New York, N.Y.: Philip Goodman, →OCLC, page 106
  2. (countable) A bawdy remark.

Synonyms of bawdiness

Forms of bawdiness

pluralbawdinesses

Origin of bawdiness

From bawdy + -ness.

Questions about bawdiness

What does bawdiness mean?
Bawdiness means the characteristic or state of being bawdy.
What part of speech is bawdiness?
Bawdiness is a noun.
What is the plural of bawdiness?
The plural of bawdiness is bawdinesses.

Words near bawdiness in the dictionary

  1. Bawdens
  2. bawdier
  3. bawdies
  4. bawdiest
  5. bawdily
  6. bawdiness
  7. bawdinesses
  8. bawding
  9. bawdish
  10. bawdkin
  11. bawdkins

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