lewdness
/ˈluːdnəs/noun
lewdness is a noun meaning “The quality, state or instance of being lewd; promiscuous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-E-W-D-N-E-S-S, and it appears about once in every 8 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of lewdness is lewdnesses.
What does lewdness mean?
noun
- 1
The quality, state or instance of being lewd; promiscuous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce lewdness?
- /ˈluːdnəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-lewdness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of lewdness
- lewdnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is lewdness?
Lewdness appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Lewdness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense promiscuity:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Anzüglichkeit |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does lewdness come from?
From Middle English lewednesse, equivalent to lewd + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).