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Chapter 31
Not Quite Naughty Words Chapter 31
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ribald | describes something or someone that is characterized by witty hints at sexual content |
| Bawdy | refers humorously coarse language allusions |
| Prurient | an inappropriate variety of interest in sexual matters |
| Profligate | refers to wild behavior that may be in the monetary or the sexual realm or both |
| Tryst | a secret meeting planned by lovers, often couples whose love is not approved by society |
| Dussolute | whose sense of a moral restrait has dissolved may be called dissolute |
| Racy | neither speeding competitions nor matters of skin pigmentation, it describes something bordering on the improper |
| Dalliance | a sense of playful flirtation |
| Carnal | matters relating to the physical, particulary to the sexual |
| Smut | as simple as a bit of soot |