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RIBALDRY
gaminess, raciness, ribaldry, spiciness
(noun) behavior or language bordering on indelicacy
ribaldry
(noun) ribald humor
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ribaldry (countable and uncountable, plural ribaldries)
Joking or humorous language or behaviour used in a vulgar or lewd fashion.
Source: Wiktionary
Rib"ald*ry, n. Etym: [OE. ribaldrie, ribaudrie, OF. ribalderie, ribauderie.]
Definition: 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 Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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