lude
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lude
First recorded in 1975–80; by shortening
Example Sentences
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Then he took a mistress, Greta lude, a beautician.
From Time Magazine Archive
Quhat has marrit thee in thy mude, Makyne, to me thou shaw; Or quhat is luve, or to be lude?
From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
"Not if loo're closs, and lude and naughty and ... stupid."
From Jan and Her Job by Harker, L. Allen (Lizzie Allen)
The word "lude" appears twice and is left unchanged.
From Thirty Years In Hell Or, From Darkness to Light by Fresenborg, Bernard
"Ne lude cum sacris," ecclesiastically rendered, signifies, do not make fun of the clergy; but among lovers it means, do not speak of my love with levity or contempt.
From An Old Sailor's Yarns by Ames, N. (Nathaniel)
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