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ribald

adj
/ˈɹɪb.əld/UK/ˈɹɪb.əld/US

Etymology

From Middle English ribald, from Old French ribaud, ribauld (“rogue, scoundrel”) ( > English ribaud), from Old French riber (“to be licentious”), from Frankish *rīban (“to copulate, be in heat”, literally “to rub”), from Proto-Germanic *wrībaną (“to turn, twist, writhe”), from Proto-Indo-European *werp-, *werb- (“to turn, twist”) + Old French -aud, from Frankish *-wald. Related to Old High German rīban (“to rub”), German reiben (“to rub”), Dutch wrijven (“to rub”). Compare also Old High German hrība (“prostitute”). See also English wrap.

  1. derived from *-wald✻
  2. derived from -aud
  3. derived from *werp-✻
  4. derived from *wrībaną✻ — “to turn, twist, writhe”
  5. derived from *rīban✻ — “to copulate, be in heat”
  6. derived from riber — “to be licentious”
  7. derived from ribaud
  8. inherited from ribald

Definitions

  1. Coarsely, vulgarly, or lewdly amusing

    Coarsely, vulgarly, or lewdly amusing; referring to sexual matters in a rude or irreverent way.

    • [L]et no zealous Christian trust the rogue,—the filthy ribald rascal is a liar.
    • But when he died the "Reform Democracy" instinctively returned to its vomit of ribald insult.
    • [T]he curious crowd had collected in the street […], with here and there a scoffer uttering his incredulity and courage with scornful remarks or ribald cries.

  2. A person who is filthy or vulgar in nature.

    • After, he made an harlot, a ribald, come to him alone for to touch his members and his body, to move to lechery.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA