ribald
noun
- purveyor of ribaldry, bawdy humour
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪb.əld/ / /ˈɹaɪ.bɔld/
adj
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.
- 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.”
noun
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.
- 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.”