lewdness

Etymology

From Middle English lewednesse, equivalent to lewd + -ness.

noun

  1. The quality, state or instance of being lewd; promiscuous.
    Sir, Lord Hailes has forgot. There is nothing in Pryor that will excite to lewdness. 1816 [1777], James Boswell, quoting Samuel Johnson, The life of Samuel Johnson[…], volume 3, T. Cadell and W. Davies, pages 210–211

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