英语词汇bawdy的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

bawdy; bawdy houses. Bawdy, “obscene, indecent, or lewd,” derives from bawd, originally a procurer of either sex, and then either a prostitute or the madam of a brothel. Some scholars link bawd with Middle French baud, “gay,” “dissolute,” but the O.E.D. marks bawd “of uncertain origin.” Bawd also means a hare in English, but as this use of the word is recorded two cen- turies after the first, it is hard to show any relationship between the fabled sexual energy of hares and the activities of human bawds. In the 17th century it was customary on Shrove Tuesday for apprentices to beat or frighten bawds on the street or in their bawdy houses.

词汇	bawdy
词源	bawdy; bawdy houses. Bawdy, “obscene, indecent, or lewd,” derives from bawd, originally a procurer of either sex, and then either a prostitute or the madam of a brothel. Some scholars link bawd with Middle French baud, “gay,” “dissolute,” but the O.E.D. marks bawd “of uncertain origin.” Bawd also means a hare in English, but as this use of the word is recorded two cen- turies after the first, it is hard to show any relationship between the fabled sexual energy of hares and the activities of human bawds. In the 17th century it was customary on Shrove Tuesday for apprentices to beat or frighten bawds on the street or in their bawdy houses.
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