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bawdinesses

bawdinesses is the plural of bawdiness.

Meaning of bawdiness

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.

Questions about bawdinesses

What is bawdinesses the plural of?
Bawdinesses is the plural of bawdiness.

Words near bawdinesses in the dictionary

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

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