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ribaldryn.adj.Brit. /ˈrɪbldri/, U.S. /ˈrɪbəldri/, /ˈrɪˌbɔldri/, /ˈraɪˌbɔldri/, /ˈrɪˌbɑldri/, /ˈraɪˌbɑldri/ 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.society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > profligacy, dissoluteness, or debauchery > [noun] α. 1389 in J. Wyclif (1871) III. 469 To waste pore mennys lyvelode in tavernys and rybawdery. c1400 (?c1380) (1920) 184 (MED) For roborrye and riboudrye and resounez untrwe..Man may mysse þe myrþe þat much is to prayse. c1415 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Lansd.) (1877) §464 Nowe bien þere general þinges of gentillesse, as eschewynge of vices or rebaudry. 1474 W. Caxton tr. (1883) ii. ii. 31 I shall saye that I haue slayn yow for your rybawdrye. 1547 tr. A. de Marcourt (new ed.) d v The desyre to norishe well..their rybawdry or (as thei saye) their estate. 1567 J. Jewel iv. 370 Take Harlottes awaie from among menne, and ye fil al the Countrie with ribaudrie and villanie. 1635 E. Pagitt (1636) i. iii. 207 A Jew maide..turned..Christian that she might freely exercise the art of Ribaudrie. 1729 J. Lewis & H. Thomas 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 (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. i. sig. avi v Dame harlote ye come from your rybauldrye as ye ben acustomed.a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun (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 I. ii. viii. sig. N.iiij/2 Let him punish dishonestie, ribauldrie, filthie lust.1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine ii. iv. 56 Their..beastly stage-plaiers acted such ribauldry, as was a shame [etc.].1645 J. Milton 40 A little purer then the prerogative of a legal and public ribaldry.1786 J. Hewlett (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 (ed. 2) 75 Ah! let my ear the unhallow'd revels fly, Nor drink the sounds of midnight ribaldry.c1825 T. Hood in (1869) 177 Charles had his royal ribaldry restored, And in a downright neighbourhood drank and whored.1849 J. L. Motley 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 Summer 38 The terraces for summer ribaldry.1993 (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. the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > action of using abuse α. a1400 (a1325) (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 (1934) 741 (MED) Off honest myrth let be thy dalyaunce; Swere none othis, speke no rebaudrye. c1530 A. Barclay ii. sig. Hiij On eche syde soundyth foule speche of rybawdry. 1592 R. Greene sig. F2v I..still delighted in iangling Ditties of rybaudrie. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius 250 So skurrile and filthy, that he could not so much as forbeare words of ribaudrie. 1638 R. Younge §28. 87 The drunkards communication is ever filthy and beastly, ful of all ribaudry and baudinesse. β. c1450 (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 (1939) 71 Luf nocht raginge na rebaldry na our-loud lauchtyr.1589 T. Nashe sig. Ciii Tender youth ought to bee restrained for a time from the reading of such ribauldrie.1602 B. Jonson iii. iv. sig. F2 Wee haue as much Ribaldry in our Plaies, as can bee. View more context for this quotation1691 Duke of Buckingham (ed. 2) 9 Bare Ribaldry, that poor Pretence to Wit.1711 R. Steele No. 36. ⁋8 To the great Offence of chaste and tender Ears, they learn Ribaldry, obscene Songs, and immodest Expressions.1759 O. Goldsmith x[ii] The piece..pleases the galleries because it has ribaldry.1827 H. Hallam I. ii. 101 The ribaldry which vulgar protestants uttered against their most sacred mystery.1886 J. Ruskin I. xii. 399 An article in Blackwood's..of sufficiently telling ribaldry.1936 June 73/1 Broadway's ribaldries are self-conscious.1987 A. Pryce-Jones i. 5 We repeated ribald rhymes to show our sophistication; but very few of us translated vulgar ribaldry into action.2000 R. Hosking iv. 41 Matsutake is a fungus that has a striking phallic shape which is the cause of much ribaldry.1634 Bp. J. Hall (STC 12640.7) i. 382 The onely minstrell to the world, is ribaldry. 1771 D. Garrick in 617 Where Ribaldry in triumph sits, Delighting lords, and 'squires, and cits. 1781 W. Cowper 729 Satire has..done his best, and curst And loathsome ribaldry has done his worst. 1821 Ld. Byron (2nd issue) iii. ii. 89 O'er their shrine Sate grinning Ribaldry and sneering Scorn. †3. society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > persons of the lowest class (collectively) 1550 J. Coke sig. Kvv The sayde rybaldry callyng them selues hungariens. 1550 J. Coke sig. Liv I dare let slyp a .c. good yomen of england or wales, to .vc. of such ribaldry. the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > insubstantial > showy or fanciful but insubstantial 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte xii. 183 To make clocks, pictures, poppets, & other ribaldries which are impertinent for mans seruice. B. adj. ( attributive). the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > ribald or scurrilous society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective] > lewd, bawdy, or obscene 1519 W. Horman vi. f. 62v I consayle the refrayne thy selfe fro such foule. and rebaudry wordes. 1553 S. Cabot in R. Hakluyt (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 sig. H2v Such a ribauldry Don Diego as thou art. 1638 F. Junius 124 It hath been pleasing..to drinke in ribauldrie abominations. 1685 N. Tate i. i. 4 Away with your Ribaldry Play-house Morals. 1778 J. Maxwell 4 He makes of the scriptures a ribaldry joke. 1994 (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 |