Definitions for bawdries

bawdries bawd·ry

Spelling: [baw-dree]
IPA: /ˈbɔ dri/

Bawdries is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 427 anagrams from letters in bawdries (abdeirsw).

Definitions for bawdries

noun

  1. Archaic. lewdness; obscenity; bawdiness.
  2. Obsolete. the business of a prostitute. illicit intercourse; fornication.

Origin of bawdries

First recorded in 1350-1400, bawdry is from the Middle English word bawdery. See bawd, -ery

Examples for bawdries

He was primed with the letter-accounts; he made her dot her amorous I's and cross her bawdry T's.

It is also noteworthy that, for the period, the bawdry is "cut" to the lowest limit.

Thus, Brooks lumps 1601 with Mark Twain's "bawdry," and interprets it simply as another indication of frustration.

This will prove rare sport, to see how the poet's genius will grapple with this bawdry!

He omitted a good deal of bawdry, especially in Act II, scene ii.

Word Value for bawdries
Scrable

15

Words with friends

15

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