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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
ribaldry
    n 1: ribald humor
    2: behavior or language bordering on indelicacy [syn:
       gaminess, raciness, ribaldry, spiciness]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ribaldry \Rib"ald*ry\, n. [OE. ribaldrie, ribaudrie, OF.
   ribalderie, ribauderie.]
   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.
   [1913 Webster]

         The ribaldry of his conversation moved ?stonishment
         even in that age.                        --Macaulay.
   [1913 Webster]
3. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
RIBALDRY, n.  Censorious language by another concerning oneself.
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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