Entry Word: bawdy

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society <a bawdy comment about someone you work with could get you fired> — see obscene 1
2 hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent <a bawdy limerick that mischievous storytellers love to recite> — see suggestive 1