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Ribald vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc.; coarsely mocking, abusive, or irreverent; scurrilous.
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Etymology c.1240, "a rogue, ruffian, rascall, scoundrell, varlet, filthie fellow" [Cotgrave], from O.Fr. ribalt, of uncertain origin, perhaps from riber "be wanton, sleep around," from a Gmc. source (cf. O.H.G. riban "be wanton," lit. "to rub," possibly from the common euphemistic use of "rub" words to mean "have sex"), from P.Gmc. *wribanan, from PIE base *wer- "to turn, bend" (see versus). The adj. is attested from 1500, from the noun. Ribaldry is recorded from c.1300.
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Sentence “To his sympathetic mind, the creed of optimism is a ribald insult to the pain of humanity and devout piety merely absurd.” Essays on Modern Novelists - By William Lyon Phelps
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Sentence “Men and women, boys and girls, trotted along beside or after the cart, hooting, shouting profane and ribald remarks, singing snatches of foul song, skipping, dancing--a very holiday of hellions, a sickening sight.” A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - By Mark Twain
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Sentence “You have told us of their gloating lips; you heard their ribald laugh as they clutched the moving bag that the Count threw to them.” Bram Stoker, Philip M. Parker, Dracula - By Poul Glargaard
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All That is Ribald: off-color jokes bawdy songs drunkenness
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