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Definitions for ribaldryˈrɪb əl dri; spelling pron. ˈraɪ bəl-

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

rib•ald•ryˈrɪb əl dri; spelling pron. ˈraɪ bəl-(n.)

  1. ribald character, as of language; scurrility.

  2. ribald speech.

Origin of ribaldry:

1300–50; ribaudrie < OF

Princeton's WordNet

  1. ribaldry(noun)

    ribald humor

  2. gaminess, raciness, ribaldry, spiciness(noun)

    behavior or language bordering on indelicacy

Wiktionary

  1. ribaldry(Noun)

    Joking or humorous language done in a vulgar or lewd fashion.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ribaldry(noun)

    the talk of a ribald; low, vulgar language; indecency; obscenity; lewdness; -- now chiefly applied to indecent language, but formerly, as by Chaucer, also to indecent acts or conduct

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