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Webster 1913 Edition
Ribaldry
Rib′ald-ry
,Noun.
[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 [GREEK]stonishment even in that age. Macaulay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ribaldry
RIB'ALDRY
,Noun.