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ribaldry

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ribaldry  \Rib"ald*ry\,  n.  [OE.  ribaldrie  ribaudrie  OF 
  ribalderie  ribauderie.] 
  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. 
 
  The  ribaldry  of  his  conversation  moved  ?stonishment 
  even  in  that  age.  --Macaulay. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ribaldry 
  n  1:  ribald  humor 
  2:  behavior  or  language  bordering  on  indelicacy  [syn:  {gaminess}, 
  {raciness},  {spiciness}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  RIBALDRY,  n.  Censorious  language  by  another  concerning  oneself.




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