lewd

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.
2. (obsolete) Lay; not clerical.
3. (obsolete) Uneducated.
4. (obsolete) Vulgar, common; typical of the lower orders.
5. (obsolete) Base, vile, reprehensible.

Noun

A sexually suggestive image, particularly one which does not involve full nudity.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive, slang) To express lust; to behave in a lewd manner.
2. (slang, transitive) To sexualize a character, especially in a fan illustration.

Verb

Alternative form of lude (“take the drug quaalude”).

Sinonieme

lascivious

lustful

obscene

lecherous

indecent

licentious

salacious

libidinous

wanton

prurient

dirty

libertine

vulgar

profligate

bawdy

smutty

filthy

dissolute

voluptuous

debauched

sexy

scurrilous

promiscuous

unlearned

common

concupiscent

raunchy

low-minded

lubricious

lubricous

luxuriant

mean

mischievous

naughty

nude

ordinary

orgiastic

ornery

pornographic

prodigal

raffish

rakehell

randy

rank

ratty

reprobate

repulsive

ribald

risque

scurvy

Vertalings

lascivo

unzüchtig

lascivo

incestus

πρόστυχος

schuin

lubrique

lascif

έκφυλος

ασελγής

λάγνος

osceno

ontuchtig

obscène

lujurioso

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ljuːd/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: lewed

Geërf van Old English: lǣwede

Verwante met Old High German: gilāen

Verwante met Goties: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽

Verwante met Goties: 𐌻𐌴𐍅

In summary

From Middle English lewed, lewd, leued (“unlearned, lay, lascivious”), from Old English lǣwede (“unlearned, ignorant, lay”), of uncertain origin. Formally similar to a derivative of the past participle of Old English lǣwan (“to reveal, betray”) in the sense of "exposed as being unlearned" or "easily betrayed, clueless", from Proto-West Germanic *lāwijan, from Proto-Germanic *lēwijaną (“to betray”), from *lēwą (“an opportunity, cause”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēw- (“to leave”). If so, then cognate with Old High German gilāen, firlāen (“to betray”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (galēwjan, “to give over, betray”), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐍅 (lēw, “an opportunity, cause”). Or, according to the OED, probably from Vulgar Latin *laigo-, from Late Latin lāicus (“of the people”), from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós).