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    [Adjective]  | "rib*ald" | \ ˈri-bəld \


    1: marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude, offensive

    2: characterized by or using coarse, indecent humor

    Origin: circa 1500 ;

     Middle English ribaud person of low status, scoundrel, lecher, from Anglo-French, from Old French riber to be debauched, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German rīban to be in heat, copulate, literally, to rub;

    [Noun]  | "ribald" 


    1: a person coarse or lewd in appearance, speech, writing, or thought : a ribald person

    Origin: 13th century ;

    [Adjective]  | "ribald" 


    1: depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society;


      * e.g., " ... some of the movie's most ribald, and thus funniest, scenes were cut for showing on broadcast television "




    2: hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent;


      * e.g., " ... a ribald tale rife with double entendres and racy innuendo "



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     [ "ribald" ]

    1: a word mostly used by douche bags who want to sound smart, or by pseudo-thespian douche bags to make fancy-speak for a vulgar,mocking, abusive, comment–noun

      * e.g.,  ... I'm a ribald douche, come let us jostle the rose of your pubis! yes, we shall be merry! 

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