lewd

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From Middle English lewed, lewd, leued (“unlearned, lay, lascivious”), from Old English lǣwede (“unlearned, ignorant, lay”), of uncertain origin. Formally similar to a derivative of the past participle of Old English lǣwan (“to reveal, betray”) in the sense of "exposed as being unlearned" or "easily betrayed, clueless", from Proto-West Germanic *lāwijan, from Proto-Germanic *lēwijaną (“to betray”), from *lēwą (“an opportunity, cause”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēw- (“to leave”). If so, then cognate with Old High German gilāen, firlāen (“to betray”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (galēwjan, “to give over, betray”), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐍅 (lēw, “an opportunity, cause”). Or, according to the OED, probably from Vulgar Latin *laigo-, from Late Latin lāicus (“of the people”), from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós).

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: شَهْوَانِيّ (šahwāniyy) — lascivious
• Arabic: شَبِق (šabiq) — lascivious
• Arabic: غَلِم (ḡalim) — lascivious
• Azerbaijani: şəhvətpərəst — lascivious
• Azerbaijani: yava — lascivious
• Belarusian: юрлі́вы (jurlívy) — lascivious
• Belarusian: маркатлі́вы (markatlívy) — lascivious
• Belarusian: блудлі́вы (bludlívy) — lascivious
• Belarusian: распу́сны (raspúsny) — lascivious
• Belarusian: пажа́длівы (pažádlivy) — lascivious
• Bulgarian: развра́тен (razvráten) — lascivious
• Bulgarian: похотли́в (pohotlív) — lascivious
• Catalan: lasciu — lascivious
• Chinese Mandarin: 好色 (hàosè) — lascivious
• Chinese Mandarin: 淫蕩 /淫荡 (yíndàng) — lascivious
• Czech: oplzlý — lascivious
• Czech: obscénní — lascivious
• Czech: lascivní — lascivious
• Czech: sprostý — lascivious
• Dutch: liederlijk — lascivious
• Dutch: geil — lascivious
• Finnish: irstas — lascivious
• Finnish: rietas — lascivious
• French: lascif — lascivious
• French: lubrique — lascivious
• French: paillard — lascivious
• French: grivois — lascivious
• French: obscène — lascivious
• Galician: lascivo — lascivious
• Galician: burdallo — lascivious
• Galician: godalleiro — lascivious
• Galician: lúbrico — lascivious
• Galician: luxurioso — lascivious
• German: lüstern — lascivious
• German: geil — lascivious
• German: lasziv — lascivious
• Greek: πρόστυχος (próstychos) — lascivious
• Greek: ασελγής (aselgís) — lascivious
• Ancient Greek: ἀσελγής (aselgḗs) — lascivious
• Hungarian: pajzán — lascivious
• Hungarian: huncut — lascivious
• Hungarian: pikáns — lascivious
• Hungarian: ledér — lascivious
• Indonesian: cabul — lascivious
• Indonesian: kotor — lascivious
• Indonesian: sundal — lascivious
• Irish: graosta — lascivious
• Italian: lascivo — lascivious
• Italian: sconcio — lascivious
• Japanese: 助け平な (sukebei na) — lascivious
• Japanese: 嫌らしい (iyarashii) — lascivious
• Japanese: エッチ (etchi) — lascivious
• Japanese: 淫蕩な (intō na) — lascivious
• Korean: 음탕하다 (eumtanghada) — lascivious
• Korean: 음란하다 (eumnanhada) — lascivious
• Lakota: šikšíl — lascivious
• Latin: obscēnus — lascivious
• Latin: incestus — lascivious
• Latin: impudīcus — lascivious
• Latin: lascīvus — lascivious
• Macedonian: похотлив (pohotliv) — lascivious
• Māori: tīweka — lascivious
• Māori: karihika — lascivious
• Persian: لچر (lačar) — lascivious
• Persian: هرزه (harze) — lascivious
• Polish: sprośny — lascivious
• Polish: rozpustny — lascivious
• Polish: lubieżny — lascivious
• Polish: bezwstydny — lascivious
• Portuguese: lascivo — lascivious
• Portuguese: indecente — lascivious
• Romanian: lasciv — lascivious
• Romanian: indecent — lascivious
• Russian: похотли́вый (poxotlívyj) — lascivious
• Russian: развра́тный (razvrátnyj) — lascivious
• Russian: блудли́вый (bludlívyj) — lascivious
• Russian: распу́щенный (raspúščennyj) — lascivious
• Russian: распу́тный (raspútnyj) — lascivious
• Russian: сладостра́стный (sladostrástnyj) — lascivious
• Russian: похабный (poxabnyj) — lascivious
• Russian: пошлый (pošlyj) — lascivious
• Scots: roch — lascivious
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-gheanmnaidh — lascivious
• Scottish Gaelic: drabasta — lascivious
• Spanish: lascivo — lascivious
• Spanish: lujurioso — lascivious
• Swedish: liderlig — lascivious
• Swedish: vällustig — lascivious
• Swedish: oanständig — lascivious
• Swedish: obscen — lascivious
• Tagalog: malaswa — lascivious
• Thai: ลามก (laa-mók) — lascivious
• Turkish: ayıp — lascivious
• Ottoman Turkish: عیب (ʿayp) — lascivious
• Ukrainian: хти́вий (xtývyj) — lascivious
• Ukrainian: паплю́жний (papljúžnyj) — lascivious
• Ukrainian: похітли́вий (poxitlývyj) — lascivious
• Ukrainian: пожа́дливий (požádlyvyj) — lascivious
• Ukrainian: розпу́сний (rozpúsnyj) — lascivious
• Chinese Mandarin: 色圖 /色图 (sètú) — a sexually suggestive image