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English
Etymology
From Middle English lewednesse, equivalent to lewd + -ness.
Pronunciation
Noun
lewdness (countable and uncountable, plural lewdnesses)
- The quality, state or instance of being lewd; promiscuous.
1816 [1777], James Boswell, quoting Samuel Johnson, The life of Samuel Johnson , volume 3, T. Cadell and W. Davies, pages 210–211:Sir, Lord Hailes has forgot. There is nothing in Pryor that will excite to lewdness.
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