Associations to the word «Lewd»

Wiktionary

LEWD, adjective. Lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.
LEWD, adjective. (obsolete) Lay; not clerical.
LEWD, adjective. (obsolete) Uneducated.
LEWD, adjective. (obsolete) Vulgar, common; typical of the lower orders.
LEWD, adjective. (obsolete) Base, vile, reprehensible.

Dictionary definition

LEWD, adjective. Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks".
LEWD, adjective. Driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires; "libidinous orgies".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats