lewdness

lewdness

English

Etymology

From Middle English lewednesse, equivalent to lewd +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• enPR: lo͞od'nəs, IPA^(key): /ˈluːdnəs/

Noun

lewdness (countable and uncountable, plural lewdnesses)

1. The quality, state or instance of being lewd; promiscuous.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Ezekiel 23:21:

     Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdnesse of thy youth, in bruising thy teates by the Egyptians, for the paps of thy youth.

   • 1816 [1777], James Boswell, quoting Samuel Johnson, The life of Samuel Johnson […] ‎, volume 3, T. Cadell and W. Davies, pages 210-211:

     Sir, Lord Hailes has forgot. There is nothing in Pryor that will excite to lewdness.

Translations

promiscuity

German: Anzüglichkeit (de) f Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌹 n (aglaiti) Hebrew: זִמָּה‎ (he) f (zimmá) Maori: tīwekatanga Russian: по́хоть (ru) f (póxotʹ), похотли́вость (ru) f (poxotlívostʹ), распу́тность (ru) f (raspútnostʹ) Swedish: oanständighet (sv) c