lewd

Everyday

Lewd means rude and crude about sex, in a way that is not decent and not suitable for children. tree →

In the lessons

in old tales, a lewd person is a coarse, rude person whose behaviour is shameful, and the lesson names such behaviour as bad.

Examples

• The rude man told a lewd joke, and everyone looked away. tree →
• Good people do not tell lewd stories. tree →
• Lewd words are not fit for children to hear. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

Here it means shameful sexual conduct, used by the prophets for Israel's unfaithfulness. The "lewd women" Oholah and Oholibah stand for Samaria and Jerusalem.

Interpretation. The prophets often describe Israel's idol-worship as a kind of unfaithful marriage, and the commentators read these harsh words as warnings meant to bring the people back to God.

Examples

• For every one went in unto her, as men go in unto a harlot; so went they in unto Oholah and unto Oholibah, the lewd women. (Prophets EZK.23.44, JPS 1917) tree →
• Behold, therefore I have stretched out My hand over thee, and have diminished thine allowance, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, that are ashamed of thy lewd way. (Prophets EZK.16.27, JPS 1917) tree →
• I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery; for they themselves consort with lewd women, and they sacrifice with harlots; and the people that is without understanding is distraught. (Prophets HOS.4.14, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths