English → Latin
“bawdy” in Latin
immundusunclean, impure, dirty, filthy, foulspurcusdirty, foul, unclean; morally-polluted, base, meanobscēnusinauspicious, ominous, portentous; repulsive, offensive, abominable, hateful, disgusting, filthy; immodest, impure, indecantōsynonym of canō (“to sing, recite, play, foretell”); to enchant, or call forth by charms, chant
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bawdy
immundus (unclean, impure): spurcus (filthy, nasty; disgusting to the eyes or nose: figuratively, of moral impurity): obscenus (exciting disgust, horror, loathing, when seen or heard; e.g., pictures, speeches, etc., versus obscenissimi, Cic.). Bawdy song, versus obsceni; canticum obscenum. To sing a bawdy song, obscena canere or cantare. To use bawdy language, verbis obscenis uti; obscena dicere: obsceno jocandi genere uti.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bawdy?
- The usual Latin words for “bawdy” are immundus, spurcus, obscēnus; also cantō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.