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[syn: gaminess, raciness, ribaldry, spiciness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
The ribaldry of his conversation moved ?stonishment
even in that age. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ribaldry
n 1: ribald humor
2: behavior or language bordering on indelicacy [syn:
gaminess, raciness, ribaldry, spiciness]
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
RIBALDRY, n. Censorious language by another concerning oneself.