ribaldryn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈrɪbldri/, U.S.

/ˈrɪbəldri/,

/ˈrɪˌbɔldri/,

/ˈraɪˌbɔldri/,

/ˈrɪˌbɑldri/,

/ˈraɪˌbɑldri/

Forms:

α. Middle English rebadrye, Middle English rebaudri, Middle English rebaudrie, Middle English rebaudry, Middle English rebaudrye, Middle English rebawdry, Middle English ribaudery, Middle English ribaudri, Middle English ribaudrye, Middle English ribawdrie, Middle English riboudrye, Middle English rybaudrye, Middle English rybaurdrie, Middle English rybawdery, Middle English rybawdrie, Middle English rybawdry, Middle English rybawdrye, Middle English–1500s rebaudry, Middle English–1500s rybawdry, Middle English–1600s ribaudrie, 1500s ribauderie, 1500s ribawdry, 1500s rybaudrie, 1500s rybaudry, 1500s–1700s ribaudry.

β. Middle English rebaldry, Middle English rybaldre, Middle English rybaldrye, Middle English rybauldrye, 1500s rybaldry, 1500s–1600s ribaldrie, 1500s–1600s ribauldrie, 1500s–1600s ribauldry, 1500s– ribaldry, 1600s ribbaldry; also Scottish pre-1700 rebaldrie, pre-1700 rebaldry, pre-1700 rebaldrye, pre-1700 rybaldry.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ribaudrie.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman ribaudrie, Anglo-Norman and Middle French ribauderie, Middle French ribaulderie (1260 in Old French; French ribauderie , now rare) < ribaut ribald n. + -erie -ery suffix; compare -ry suffix. Influenced in form by ribald n. and ribald adj. Compare (all either from or after French) Catalan ribalderia (14th cent.), Spanish ribaldería (c1400), Portuguese ribaldaria (1513), Italian ribalderia (13th or 14th cent.), Middle Dutch ribauderie . Compare earlier ribaldy n.

A. n.

1. Ribald behaviour; (originally) immorality, wickedness, vice, licentiousness; (later in weakened sense) coarse behaviour, esp. of a sexual nature; debauchery, dissoluteness. Now somewhat archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > profligacy, dissoluteness, or debauchery > [noun]

ribaldyc1300

riotc1330

ribaldry1389

riotingc1390

riotry?a1400

wildnessc1400

arrioutc1410

ramageness1440

ribaldise?c1450

unthriftinessc1450

ramagec1485

riotousness?1535

royet1542

dissoluteness1549

ruffianing1549

riotness1553

wildernessa1616

debauchery1642

profligateness1668

profligacy1693

rakishness1737

rakism1777

profligation1805

rouéism1828

α.

1389 in J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 469 To waste pore mennys lyvelode in tavernys and rybawdery.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 184 (MED) For roborrye and riboudrye and resounez untrwe..Man may mysse þe myrþe þat much is to prayse.

c1415 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Lansd.) (1877) §464 Nowe bien þere general þinges of gentillesse, as eschewynge of vices or rebaudry.

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. ii. 31 I shall saye that I haue slayn yow for your rybawdrye.

1547 tr. A. de Marcourt Bk. Marchauntes (new ed.) d v The desyre to norishe well..their rybawdry or (as thei saye) their estate.

1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. iv. 370 Take Harlottes awaie from among menne, and ye fil al the Countrie with ribaudrie and villanie.

1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) i. iii. 207 A Jew maide..turned..Christian that she might freely exercise the art of Ribaudrie.

1729 J. Lewis & H. Thomas Hist. Great-Brit. v. x. 117 This Beast left no Memory after him but of his Glotony, Lechery, Mischievousness, and Ribaudry; seeking against Nature to make himself a Woman.

β. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. Prol. 44 (MED) Beggeris..fouȝten at þe ale; In glotonye..go þei to bedde, And risen vp wiþ ribaudrie [v.r. rybaldre].?1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton i. sig. avi ^v Dame harlote ye come from your rybauldrye as ye ben acustomed.a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) v. l. 708 Al his men he lewit for þi In til al tyme oysse rebaldry, And alkyn wicis at þar wil.1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. viii. sig. N.iiij/2 Let him punish dishonestie, ribauldrie, filthie lust.1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God ii. iv. 56 Their..beastly stage-plaiers acted such ribauldry, as was a shame [etc.].1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 40 A little purer then the prerogative of a legal and public ribaldry.1786 J. Hewlett Serm. on Different Subj. (ed. 3) II. xiii. 280 Men are often led..to give a sanction by their presence..to scenes of ribaldry and vice.1787 H. J. Pye Faringdon Hill (ed. 2) 75 Ah! let my ear the unhallow'd revels fly, Nor drink the sounds of midnight ribaldry.c1825 T. Hood in Early Poems & Sketches (1869) 177 Charles had his royal ribaldry restored, And in a downright neighbourhood drank and whored.1849 J. L. Motley Merry-mount II. i. 4 The contrast between the purity of her life and the unhallowed ribaldry in the midst of which he had lately dwelt, had spoken to him in trumpet tones.1949 J. Broughton in Furioso Summer 38 The terraces for summer ribaldry.1993 Evening Standard (Nexis) 7 Dec. 25 Serial vomiting, a punch-up,..and the wreckage of a bathroom after a sexual tryst... Such is the current appetite for unfettered ribaldry.

a. Originally: coarseness, obscenity, or irreverence of language; (later) humour of a coarse or sexual nature; ribald talk, joking, etc., bawdiness. Also: an instance of this; a ribald story, song, or the like.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > action of using abuse

ribaldyc1300

chiding1340

ribaldrya1400

revile1439

revilingc1475

vituperation1481

vituper1484

tongue-sore1542

oblatration?1552

thundering1564

wording1564

revilement1590

slabbery1596

invective1602

campling1660

bitching1706

slangwhanging1809

name-calling1819

slanging1856

rough tonguing1916

α.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) 23856 (MED) War a ribaudri vs tald..ouþer a fable, þat suld we hald in herte stable.

c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Stans Puer (Laud) in Minor Poems (1934) 741 (MED) Off honest myrth let be thy dalyaunce; Swere none othis, speke no rebaudrye.

c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. Hiij On eche syde soundyth foule speche of rybawdry.

1592 R. Greene Disput. Conny-catcher sig. F2^v I..still delighted in iangling Ditties of rybaudrie.

1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 250 So skurrile and filthy, that he could not so much as forbeare words of ribaudrie.

1638 R. Younge Drunkard's Char. §28. 87 The drunkards communication is ever filthy and beastly, ful of all ribaudry and baudinesse.

β. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 113 (MED) Þin erys hungryn gredyly newe tydynges, slaundrys & lesynges, & iapys & rybaldrye.a1500 Consail & Teiching Vys Man (Cambr. Kk.1.5) in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 71 Luf nocht raginge na rebaldry na our-loud lauchtyr.1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Ciii Tender youth ought to bee restrained for a time from the reading of such ribauldrie.1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iii. iv. sig. F2 Wee haue as much Ribaldry in our Plaies, as can bee. 1691 Duke of Buckingham Ess. Poetry (ed. 2) 9 Bare Ribaldry, that poor Pretence to Wit.1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 36. ⁋8 To the great Offence of chaste and tender Ears, they learn Ribaldry, obscene Songs, and immodest Expressions.1759 O. Goldsmith Enq. Present State Polite Learning x[ii] The piece..pleases the galleries because it has ribaldry.1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. ii. 101 The ribaldry which vulgar protestants uttered against their most sacred mystery.1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. xii. 399 An article in Blackwood's..of sufficiently telling ribaldry.1936 Stage June 73/1 Broadway's ribaldries are self-conscious.1987 A. Pryce-Jones Bonus of Laughter i. 5 We repeated ribald rhymes to show our sophistication; but very few of us translated vulgar ribaldry into action.2000 R. Hosking At Japanese Table iv. 41 Matsutake is a fungus that has a striking phallic shape which is the cause of much ribaldry.

†b. figurative in personifications (sometimes with capital initial). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.7) i. 382 The onely minstrell to the world, is ribaldry.

1771 D. Garrick in London Mag. 617 Where Ribaldry in triumph sits, Delighting lords, and 'squires, and cits.

1781 W. Cowper Table Talk 729 Satire has..done his best, and curst And loathsome ribaldry has done his worst.

1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) iii. ii. 89 O'er their shrine Sate grinning Ribaldry and sneering Scorn.

†3.

a. Ribalds collectively; rabble, masses. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > persons of the lowest class (collectively)

chenaille1340

offal?a1425

putaylea1425

ribaldail1489

abject1526

offscouring1526

dreg1531

outsweeping1535

braggery1548

ribaldry1550

raff1557

sink1574

cattle1579

offscum1579

rabble1579

baggagery1589

scum1590

waste1592

menialty1593

baggage1603

froth1603

refuse1603

tag-rag1609

retriment1615

trasha1616

recrement1622

silts1636

garbage1648

riffle-raffle1668

raffle1670

riff-raff1678

scurf1688

mob1693

scouring1721

ribble-rabble1771

sweeping1799

clamjamphrie1816

ragabash1823

scruff1836

residuum1851

talent1882

1550 J. Coke Deb. Heraldes Eng. & Fraunce sig. Kv^v The sayde rybaldry callyng them selues hungariens.

1550 J. Coke Deb. Heraldes Eng. & Fraunce sig. Li^v I dare let slyp a .c. good yomen of england or wales, to .vc. of such ribaldry.

b. A worthless toy; a thing of little value or use. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > insubstantial > showy or fanciful but insubstantial

gewgaw?c1225

frivolc1450

whim-whama1529

jim-jamc1540

trickc1550

flamfew1574

ribaldry1594

bubble1598

kickshawa1616

fairy money1616

foolation1628

fingle-fanglea1652

trangama1658

tinsel1660

gingerbread1664

finnimbrun1676

gimcrack1676

knacka1677

tawdrum1680

knick-knack1682

trantlum1768

knick-knacket1793

folderol1820

jigamaree1824

novelty1840

fool's gold1870

flapdoodle1877

fal-lal1902

1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xii. 183 To make clocks, pictures, poppets, & other ribaldries which are impertinent for mans seruice.

B. adj. (attributive).

Ribald, indecent. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > ribald or scurrilous

foulOE

ribaldya1438

ribaldousc1440

villainous1470

ribald?a1500

ribaldious?1518

ribaldry1519

ribaldish?1533

rabulous1538

reprobriousa1539

ribaldrous1565

scurrile1567

profane1568

swearing1569

ribaldly1570

scurrilous1576

tarry1579

Fescennine verses1601

scogginly1620

ribaldrious1633

rotten in one's head1640

Billingsgate1652

promiscuous1753

blackguarding1789

blue1832

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective] > lewd, bawdy, or obscene

lewdc1386

filthy?c1400

knavishc1405

sensual?a1425

ribaldousc1440

dishonestc1450

bawdya1513

ribald?a1513

ribaldious?1518

slovenly?1518

ribaldry1519

priapish1531

ribaldish?1533

filthous1551

ribaldly1570

obscene1571

bawdisha1586

obscenous1591

greasy1598

dirty1599

fulsome1600

spurcitious1658

lasciviating1660

smutty1668

bawdry1764

ribaldric1796

un-Quakerlike1824

fat1836

ithyphallic1856

hot1892

rorty1898

rude1919

bitchy1928

feelthy1930

raunchy1943

ranchy1959

down and dirty1969

steamy1970

sleazo1972

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria vi. f. 62^v I consayle the refrayne thy selfe fro such foule. and rebaudry wordes.

1553 S. Cabot in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1599) I. 227 Item, that no blaspheming of God, or detestable swearing be vsed in any ship, nor communication of ribaldrie, filthy tales.

1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. H2^v Such a ribauldry Don Diego as thou art.

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 124 It hath been pleasing..to drinke in ribauldrie abominations.

1685 N. Tate Cuckolds-Haven i. i. 4 Away with your Ribaldry Play-house Morals.

1778 J. Maxwell Animadversions Poets & Poetasters 4 He makes of the scriptures a ribaldry joke.

1994 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 Oct. 26 Irvine don't treat it as a rugby dinner—there is nary a ribaldry song.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ribaldry
释义	ribaldryn.adj. Brit. /ˈrɪbldri/, U.S. /ˈrɪbəldri/, /ˈrɪˌbɔldri/, /ˈraɪˌbɔldri/, /ˈrɪˌbɑldri/, /ˈraɪˌbɑldri/ Forms: α. Middle English rebadrye, Middle English rebaudri, Middle English rebaudrie, Middle English rebaudry, Middle English rebaudrye, Middle English rebawdry, Middle English ribaudery, Middle English ribaudri, Middle English ribaudrye, Middle English ribawdrie, Middle English riboudrye, Middle English rybaudrye, Middle English rybaurdrie, Middle English rybawdery, Middle English rybawdrie, Middle English rybawdry, Middle English rybawdrye, Middle English–1500s rebaudry, Middle English–1500s rybawdry, Middle English–1600s ribaudrie, 1500s ribauderie, 1500s ribawdry, 1500s rybaudrie, 1500s rybaudry, 1500s–1700s ribaudry. β. Middle English rebaldry, Middle English rybaldre, Middle English rybaldrye, Middle English rybauldrye, 1500s rybaldry, 1500s–1600s ribaldrie, 1500s–1600s ribauldrie, 1500s–1600s ribauldry, 1500s– ribaldry, 1600s ribbaldry; also Scottish pre-1700 rebaldrie, pre-1700 rebaldry, pre-1700 rebaldrye, pre-1700 rybaldry. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ribaudrie. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman ribaudrie, Anglo-Norman and Middle French ribauderie, Middle French ribaulderie (1260 in Old French; French ribauderie , now rare) < ribaut ribald n. + -erie -ery suffix; compare -ry suffix. Influenced in form by ribald n. and ribald adj. Compare (all either from or after French) Catalan ribalderia (14th cent.), Spanish ribaldería (c1400), Portuguese ribaldaria (1513), Italian ribalderia (13th or 14th cent.), Middle Dutch ribauderie . Compare earlier ribaldy n. A. n. 1. Ribald behaviour; (originally) immorality, wickedness, vice, licentiousness; (later in weakened sense) coarse behaviour, esp. of a sexual nature; debauchery, dissoluteness. Now somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > profligacy, dissoluteness, or debauchery > [noun] ribaldyc1300 riotc1330 ribaldry1389 riotingc1390 riotry?a1400 wildnessc1400 arrioutc1410 ramageness1440 ribaldise?c1450 unthriftinessc1450 ramagec1485 riotousness?1535 royet1542 dissoluteness1549 ruffianing1549 riotness1553 wildernessa1616 debauchery1642 profligateness1668 profligacy1693 rakishness1737 rakism1777 profligation1805 rouéism1828 α. 1389 in J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 469 To waste pore mennys lyvelode in tavernys and rybawdery. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 184 (MED) For roborrye and riboudrye and resounez untrwe..Man may mysse þe myrþe þat much is to prayse. c1415 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Lansd.) (1877) §464 Nowe bien þere general þinges of gentillesse, as eschewynge of vices or rebaudry. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. ii. 31 I shall saye that I haue slayn yow for your rybawdrye. 1547 tr. A. de Marcourt Bk. Marchauntes (new ed.) d v The desyre to norishe well..their rybawdry or (as thei saye) their estate. 1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. iv. 370 Take Harlottes awaie from among menne, and ye fil al the Countrie with ribaudrie and villanie. 1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) i. iii. 207 A Jew maide..turned..Christian that she might freely exercise the art of Ribaudrie. 1729 J. Lewis & H. Thomas Hist. Great-Brit. v. x. 117 This Beast left no Memory after him but of his Glotony, Lechery, Mischievousness, and Ribaudry; seeking against Nature to make himself a Woman. β. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. Prol. 44 (MED) Beggeris..fouȝten at þe ale; In glotonye..go þei to bedde, And risen vp wiþ ribaudrie [v.r. rybaldre].?1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton i. sig. avi ^v Dame harlote ye come from your rybauldrye as ye ben acustomed.a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) v. l. 708 Al his men he lewit for þi In til al tyme oysse rebaldry, And alkyn wicis at þar wil.1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. viii. sig. N.iiij/2 Let him punish dishonestie, ribauldrie, filthie lust.1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God ii. iv. 56 Their..beastly stage-plaiers acted such ribauldry, as was a shame [etc.].1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 40 A little purer then the prerogative of a legal and public ribaldry.1786 J. Hewlett Serm. on Different Subj. (ed. 3) II. xiii. 280 Men are often led..to give a sanction by their presence..to scenes of ribaldry and vice.1787 H. J. Pye Faringdon Hill (ed. 2) 75 Ah! let my ear the unhallow'd revels fly, Nor drink the sounds of midnight ribaldry.c1825 T. Hood in Early Poems & Sketches (1869) 177 Charles had his royal ribaldry restored, And in a downright neighbourhood drank and whored.1849 J. L. Motley Merry-mount II. i. 4 The contrast between the purity of her life and the unhallowed ribaldry in the midst of which he had lately dwelt, had spoken to him in trumpet tones.1949 J. Broughton in Furioso Summer 38 The terraces for summer ribaldry.1993 Evening Standard (Nexis) 7 Dec. 25 Serial vomiting, a punch-up,..and the wreckage of a bathroom after a sexual tryst... Such is the current appetite for unfettered ribaldry. 2. a. Originally: coarseness, obscenity, or irreverence of language; (later) humour of a coarse or sexual nature; ribald talk, joking, etc., bawdiness. Also: an instance of this; a ribald story, song, or the like. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > action of using abuse ribaldyc1300 chiding1340 ribaldrya1400 revile1439 revilingc1475 vituperation1481 vituper1484 tongue-sore1542 oblatration?1552 thundering1564 wording1564 revilement1590 slabbery1596 invective1602 campling1660 bitching1706 slangwhanging1809 name-calling1819 slanging1856 rough tonguing1916 α. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) 23856 (MED) War a ribaudri vs tald..ouþer a fable, þat suld we hald in herte stable. c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Stans Puer (Laud) in Minor Poems (1934) 741 (MED) Off honest myrth let be thy dalyaunce; Swere none othis, speke no rebaudrye. c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. Hiij On eche syde soundyth foule speche of rybawdry. 1592 R. Greene Disput. Conny-catcher sig. F2^v I..still delighted in iangling Ditties of rybaudrie. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 250 So skurrile and filthy, that he could not so much as forbeare words of ribaudrie. 1638 R. Younge Drunkard's Char. §28. 87 The drunkards communication is ever filthy and beastly, ful of all ribaudry and baudinesse. β. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 113 (MED) Þin erys hungryn gredyly newe tydynges, slaundrys & lesynges, & iapys & rybaldrye.a1500 Consail & Teiching Vys Man (Cambr. Kk.1.5) in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 71 Luf nocht raginge na rebaldry na our-loud lauchtyr.1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Ciii Tender youth ought to bee restrained for a time from the reading of such ribauldrie.1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iii. iv. sig. F2 Wee haue as much Ribaldry in our Plaies, as can bee. View more context for this quotation1691 Duke of Buckingham Ess. Poetry (ed. 2) 9 Bare Ribaldry, that poor Pretence to Wit.1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 36. ⁋8 To the great Offence of chaste and tender Ears, they learn Ribaldry, obscene Songs, and immodest Expressions.1759 O. Goldsmith Enq. Present State Polite Learning x[ii] The piece..pleases the galleries because it has ribaldry.1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. ii. 101 The ribaldry which vulgar protestants uttered against their most sacred mystery.1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. xii. 399 An article in Blackwood's..of sufficiently telling ribaldry.1936 Stage June 73/1 Broadway's ribaldries are self-conscious.1987 A. Pryce-Jones Bonus of Laughter i. 5 We repeated ribald rhymes to show our sophistication; but very few of us translated vulgar ribaldry into action.2000 R. Hosking At Japanese Table iv. 41 Matsutake is a fungus that has a striking phallic shape which is the cause of much ribaldry. †b. figurative in personifications (sometimes with capital initial). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.7) i. 382 The onely minstrell to the world, is ribaldry. 1771 D. Garrick in London Mag. 617 Where Ribaldry in triumph sits, Delighting lords, and 'squires, and cits. 1781 W. Cowper Table Talk 729 Satire has..done his best, and curst And loathsome ribaldry has done his worst. 1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) iii. ii. 89 O'er their shrine Sate grinning Ribaldry and sneering Scorn. †3. a. Ribalds collectively; rabble, masses. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > persons of the lowest class (collectively) chenaille1340 offal?a1425 putaylea1425 ribaldail1489 abject1526 offscouring1526 dreg1531 outsweeping1535 braggery1548 ribaldry1550 raff1557 sink1574 cattle1579 offscum1579 rabble1579 baggagery1589 scum1590 waste1592 menialty1593 baggage1603 froth1603 refuse1603 tag-rag1609 retriment1615 trasha1616 recrement1622 silts1636 garbage1648 riffle-raffle1668 raffle1670 riff-raff1678 scurf1688 mob1693 scouring1721 ribble-rabble1771 sweeping1799 clamjamphrie1816 ragabash1823 scruff1836 residuum1851 talent1882 1550 J. Coke Deb. Heraldes Eng. & Fraunce sig. Kv^v The sayde rybaldry callyng them selues hungariens. 1550 J. Coke Deb. Heraldes Eng. & Fraunce sig. Li^v I dare let slyp a .c. good yomen of england or wales, to .vc. of such ribaldry. b. A worthless toy; a thing of little value or use. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > insubstantial > showy or fanciful but insubstantial gewgaw?c1225 frivolc1450 whim-whama1529 jim-jamc1540 trickc1550 flamfew1574 ribaldry1594 bubble1598 kickshawa1616 fairy money1616 foolation1628 fingle-fanglea1652 trangama1658 tinsel1660 gingerbread1664 finnimbrun1676 gimcrack1676 knacka1677 tawdrum1680 knick-knack1682 trantlum1768 knick-knacket1793 folderol1820 jigamaree1824 novelty1840 fool's gold1870 flapdoodle1877 fal-lal1902 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xii. 183 To make clocks, pictures, poppets, & other ribaldries which are impertinent for mans seruice. B. adj. (attributive). Ribald, indecent. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > ribald or scurrilous foulOE ribaldya1438 ribaldousc1440 villainous1470 ribald?a1500 ribaldious?1518 ribaldry1519 ribaldish?1533 rabulous1538 reprobriousa1539 ribaldrous1565 scurrile1567 profane1568 swearing1569 ribaldly1570 scurrilous1576 tarry1579 Fescennine verses1601 scogginly1620 ribaldrious1633 rotten in one's head1640 Billingsgate1652 promiscuous1753 blackguarding1789 blue1832 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective] > lewd, bawdy, or obscene lewdc1386 filthy?c1400 knavishc1405 sensual?a1425 ribaldousc1440 dishonestc1450 bawdya1513 ribald?a1513 ribaldious?1518 slovenly?1518 ribaldry1519 priapish1531 ribaldish?1533 filthous1551 ribaldly1570 obscene1571 bawdisha1586 obscenous1591 greasy1598 dirty1599 fulsome1600 spurcitious1658 lasciviating1660 smutty1668 bawdry1764 ribaldric1796 un-Quakerlike1824 fat1836 ithyphallic1856 hot1892 rorty1898 rude1919 bitchy1928 feelthy1930 raunchy1943 ranchy1959 down and dirty1969 steamy1970 sleazo1972 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria vi. f. 62^v I consayle the refrayne thy selfe fro such foule. and rebaudry wordes. 1553 S. Cabot in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1599) I. 227 Item, that no blaspheming of God, or detestable swearing be vsed in any ship, nor communication of ribaldrie, filthy tales. 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. H2^v Such a ribauldry Don Diego as thou art. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 124 It hath been pleasing..to drinke in ribauldrie abominations. 1685 N. Tate Cuckolds-Haven i. i. 4 Away with your Ribaldry Play-house Morals. 1778 J. Maxwell Animadversions Poets & Poetasters 4 He makes of the scriptures a ribaldry joke. 1994 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 Oct. 26 Irvine don't treat it as a rugby dinner—there is nary a ribaldry song. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1389
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