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
"Not if loo're closs, and lude and naughty and ... stupid."
From Jan and Her Job by L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker
Ac if þu him lest welde. werende on worlde. lude and stille. his owene wille. hwanne cumeþ ealde.
From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Joseph Hall
And ofte lude ⁊ stille. for to vor drye hire wille.
From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Joseph Hall
Summe swa deor lude remeð. summe þer graninde sikeð. summe þer reowliche gneȝeð his aȝene tunge.
From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Joseph Hall
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