bawdyの意味・使い方・発音

bawdy

英 ['bɔːdɪ] 美 ['bɔdi]

bawdy: bawdy: [15] The adjective bawdy appears on the scene relatively late, but it is a derivative of bawd ‘prostitute’ or ‘madam’, which entered English in the 14th century. Its origins are not altogether clear, but it appears to have come from the Old French adjective baud ‘lively, merry, bold’, which in turn was probably acquired from Germanic *bald-, source of English bold.
=> bold
bawdy (adj.): 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.

1. We got arrested once，for singing bawdy songs in a cemetery.: 私たちはかつて墓地で下品な歌を歌っていたために拘束されたことがある。

2.After a few drinks，they were all singing bawdy songs at the top of their voices.: 何杯か酒を飲んだ後、彼らは声を張り上げて下品な歌を歌った。

4.Their "guests "would sing bawdy songs as they approached,to show they were no greenhorns.: では彼女たちの世話をするために、遠くから窯の調子を歌って、素人ではないことを明らかにしなければならない。

5.All the people in the party were disgusted with his bawdy jokes.: 宴会に参加したすべての人は彼の猥褻な冗談を嫌っている。