bawdiness

Bodies appear as points of historical inquiry; they convey bawdiness too.

To embody the earthy bawdiness of Vittoria “was difficult,” the actress said.

Indeed, little about Lancashire's portrayal suggests an air of bawdiness about the saintly chef . . . aside, perhaps, from her intentionally saucy coq au vin pitch.

"Kids loved him and we adults loved his bawdiness. Gone too soon."

The show is often teasing and coy on the topic, making light of the Bridgerton daughters’ total ignorance of “the marital act,” but it does veer into steamy intimacy and even outright bawdiness.