bawdiness
noun[U]
uk/ˈbɔː.di.nəs/us/ˈbɑː.di.nəs/thequalityofinvolvingfunnyremarksaboutsex:
Despiteitsmodernirreverenceand bawdiness, thedramaisclassicalinspeechandplot.
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bawdy
- Theactors'speecheshave thewitand bawdiness of Shakespeareanmonologues.
- Thetranslationtonesdown some of theoriginalpoem's bawdiness.
- Thetalesarelively, with astronghintof bawdiness.
- The newmusicalisfullof skirt-waving bawdiness.