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单词 ribaldry
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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. F2v 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. Kvv The sayde rybaldry callyng them selues hungariens.
1550 J. Coke Deb. Heraldes Eng. & Fraunce sig. Liv 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. 62v 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. H2v 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).
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