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lewd
O.E.
lęwede
"nonclerical," of uncertain origin but probably ult. from V.L.
*laigo-,
from L.
laicus
(see
lay
(adj.)). Sense of "unlettered, uneducated" (early 13c.) descended to "coarse, vile, lustful" by late 14c.
