Definitions for bawdry

bawdry bawd·ry

Spelling: [baw-dree]
IPA: /ˈbɔ dri/

Bawdry is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 89 anagrams from letters in bawdry (abdrwy).

Definitions for bawdry

noun

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

Origin of bawdry

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

Examples for bawdry

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for bawdry
Scrable

15

Words with friends

15

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