BAWDY

bawdy, off-color, ribald

(adjective) humorously vulgar; “bawdy songs”; “off-color jokes”; “ribald language”

bawdry, bawdy

(noun) lewd or obscene talk or writing; “it was smoking-room bawdry”; “they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

bawdy (comparative bawdier or more bawdy, superlative bawdiest or most bawdy)

(obsolete) Soiled, dirty. [from 14th Century]

Obscene; filthy; unchaste. [from 15th Century]

(of language) Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude.

Source: Wiktionary

Bawd"y, a.

1. Dirty; foul; -- said of clothes. [Obs.] It [a garment] is al bawdy and to-tore also. Chaucer.

2. Obscene; filthy; unchaste. "A bawdy story." Burke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition