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lewd: bad, vile, worthless (once a common sense) Ado V. i. 348 [341] “this fellow,” Shr. IV. iii. 65 “'tis and filthy,” 1H4 III. ii. 13 “such , such mean attempts,” R3 I. iii. 61 “ complaints” ; so lewdly, wickedly 2H6 II. i. 165 “naughty persons, bent” ; lewdness, wickedness H8 I. iii. 35.