Lewd Definition

lo͝od
lewdest, lewder
adjective
lewdest, lewder
Showing, or intended to excite, lust or sexual desire, esp. in an offensive way; lascivious.
Webster's New World
Unlearned; ignorant.
Webster's New World
Obscene; indecent.
American Heritage
Unprincipled; vicious.
Webster's New World
Southey.
Too lewd to work, and ready for any kind of mischief.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Lewd

Adjective

Base Form:
lewd
Comparative:
lewder
Superlative:
lewdest

Origin of Lewd

  • From Middle English leud, leued, lewed (“unlearned, lay, lascivious"), from Old English lÇ£wede (“unlearned, ignorant, lay"), of obscure origin; most likely a derivative of the past participle of lÇ£wan (“to reveal, betray") in the sense of "exposed as being unlearned" or "easily betrayed, clueless", from Proto-Germanic *lÄ“wijanÄ… (“to betray"), from Proto-Germanic *lÄ“wÄ… (“an opportunity, cause"), from Proto-Indo-European *lÄ“w- (“to leave"). Cognate with Old High German gilāen, firlāen (“to betray"), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (galÄ“wjan, “to give over, betray"), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐍅 (lÄ“w), 𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌰 (lÄ“w, lÄ“wa, “an opportunity, cause").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English leued unlearned, lay, lascivious from Old English lǣwede ignorant, lay

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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