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Ribaldry - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Ribaldry : (noun)
1: ribald humor
2: behavior or language bordering on indelicacy [syn: gaminess,
raciness, spiciness]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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