ribaldry

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No flicker of his ribaldry was anything to her now.

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  1. noun Vulgar, lewdly humorous language or joking or an instance of it.

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  • Blasphemy and ribaldry were the preacher's great attractions. —  Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White, V2
  • We'd like to thank Fake Ouimet for his extended service here and for his punditry, ribaldry, and bravery. —  The Tea Makers
  • "Though it overplays the 'feisty oldsters' angle and Spencer's Gifts-level ribaldry, the movie can't entirely smother its subject's inherent questions about how we relate to pop music," writes —  GreenCine Daily
  • This, he says, was "tolerated by Calhoun, because Randolph's ribaldry was all pointed against the Administration, especially against Mr. Clay and me." —  John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series
  • Not a feather, ef you'll believe me, but fairly leaked wi' ribaldry--jest leaked Th' ould bird had got ha'f-way round, a-mincin' an' japin', an' throwin' out hes legs this way an' that an' gettin' more boldacious an' ondacent wi' ivery step, when he cocks his head askew for a second, jest to see how the pore image was a-takin' o't, an' that moment he catches the scarecrow's eye Aw, sir, to see the change as comed over that bird! —  The Astonishing History of Troy Town
 

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  1. from Middle English ribaldrie, ribaudrie, ribawdrye, rybaudrie, rybaudry, etc., from Old French ribauderie, French ribauderie (= Spanish ribaldería = Portuguese ribaldaria = Italian ribalderia, Middle Latin ribaldria), from ribald, ribaud, a ribald: see ribald.
 

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/ˈrɪbəldri/
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