bawdy的词源

英文词源

bawdy: bawdy: [15] The adjective bawdy appears on the scene relatively late, but it is a derivative of bawd ‘prostitute’ or ‘madam’, which entered English in the 14th century. Its origins are not altogether clear, but it appears to have come from the Old French adjective baud ‘lively, merry, bold’, which in turn was probably acquired from Germanic *bald-, source of English bold.
=> bold
bawdy (adj.): late 14c., "soiled, dirty, filthy," from bawd + -y (2). Meaning "lewd" is from 1510s, from notion of "pertaining to or befitting a bawd;" usually of language (originally to talk bawdy).
Bawdy Basket, the twenty-third rank of canters, who carry pins, tape, ballads and obscene books to sell. [Grose, "Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1785]
Related: Bawdily; bawdiness.

发音释义：['bɔːdɪ] adj. 猥亵的；下流的；卖淫的

结构分析：bawdy = bawd（鸨母）+y（形容词后缀）→妓院的→猥亵的

助记窍门：bawd→谐音“鸨”→鸨母

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