bawdry

noun

1. Archaic. lewdness; obscenity; bawdiness.
2. Obsolete.
   1. the business of a prostitute.
   2. illicit intercourse; fornication.

noun

1. archaic obscene talk or language

n.

“obscenity,” late 14c., probably from Old French bauderie “boldness, ardor, elation, pride” (see bawd).