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Webster 1913 Edition

Lewd

Lewd

(lūd)
,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Lewder
(-ẽr)
;
sup
erl.
Lewdest
.]
[
OE
.
lewed
,
lewd
, lay, ignorant, vile, AS.
lǣwed
laical, belonging to the laity.]
1.
Not clerical; laic; laical; hence, unlearned; simple.
[Obs.]
For if a priest be foul, on whom we trust,
No wonder is a
lewed
man to rust.
Chaucer.
So these great clerks their little wisdom show
To mock the
lewd
, as learn’d in this as they.
Sir. J. Davies.
2.
Belonging to the lower classes, or the rabble; idle and lawless; bad; vicious.
[Archaic]
Chaucer.
But the Jews, which believed not, . . . took unto them certain
lewd
fellows of the baser sort, . . . and assaulted the house of Jason.
Acts xvii. 5.
Too
lewd
to work, and ready for any kind of mischief.
Southey.
3.
Given to the promiscuous indulgence of lust; dissolute; lustful; libidinous.
Dryden.
4.
Suiting, or proceeding from, lustfulness; involving unlawful sexual desire;
as,
lewd
thoughts, conduct, or language
.
–
Lewd′ly
,
adv.
–
Lewd′ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lewd

LEWD

,
Adj.
[Heb.]
1.
Given to the unlawful indulgence of lust; addicted to fornication or adultery; dissolute; lustful; libidinous.
Ezek. 23.
2.
Proceeding from unlawful lust; as lewd actions.
3.
Wicked; vile; profligate; licentious. Acts 27.

LEWD

,
Adj.
[L. gnes, from geno.] Lay; laical; not clerical. Obs.

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