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Meaning of liderlig | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1 Standard

Definitions

  1. lustful, horny
  2. immoral, sometimes with connotations of sexuality
    obsolete
  3. of low quality
    obsolete
  4. disgusting, repulsive
    obsolete

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Examples

“Tør din liderlige og vanartige Karl understaae dig til at møde for mit Ansigt?”

Do you, immoral and misbehaved guy, dare to have the audacity to come before my sight?

“»Hvor længe skal ærlige Svenske lade udenlandske Fæhunde, Uglspil'er og liderligt Pak, som feder sig med skikkelige Folks Sved og Blod, fuske med Landets Velfærd?”

How long must honest Swedes let foreign fools, jokesters and immoral rabble, who become fat by the sweat and blood of decent people, tamper with the welfare of the country?

“... hvorledes de traadte Menneskerettigheder under Fødder; sønderbrød det ægteskabelige Baand; udbredte Løsagtighed, Utugt og liderligt Væsen; ...”

... in which manner they trampled human rights; broke asunder the bond of marriage; propagated promiscuity, fornication and immoral ways; ...

“1875, Chr NIELSEN (of Ringsted.), Holsteinsminde. Filantropiske Meddelelser, page 70”

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“„Lad den uskyldige Skæmt kun frit passere Censuren: / ærbart er mit Liv, liderligt kun mit Papir".”

"Do let the innocent joke freely pass through censorship: / honourable is my life, it is only my paper that is of low quality".

“Nybagte Eder, Forbandelser og liderlige Skjeldsord Udstødtes over os i Fængslets Mørke.”

Newly-baked swears, curses and obscene words of abuse were uttered on us in the darkness of the prison.

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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