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ribaldry

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rib⋅ald⋅ry

  [rib-uhl-dree; spelling pron. rahy-buhl-dree]
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–noun
1. ribald character, as of language; scurrility.
2. ribald speech.
Origin:
1300–50; ME ribaudrie < OF. See ribald, -ry
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rib·ald·ry   (rĭb'əl-drē, rī'-)   
n.   pl. rib·ald·ries
Vulgar, lewdly humorous language or joking or an instance of it.
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