ribble-rabbleadv.adj.n.

Brit.

/ˈrɪbl ˈrabl/, U.S.

/ˈrɪb(ə)l ˈræb(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English rebyll-rable (in a late copy), 1500s– ribble-rabble, 1600s rible-rable, 1700s– rivel-ravel (English regional (western) and Scottish), 1800s reeble-rabble (Scottish), 1800s ribble-rabbill (Scottish).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: rabble n.¹

Etymology: Reduplication (with vowel variation) of rabble n.¹ With later use compare also β. forms at rabble n.¹ and adj.

Now rare.

A. adv.

In great confusion. rare (Scottish in later use).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [adverb]

pelly mellya1500

ribble-rabble?a1525

confusely1540

huddlea1555

confusedly1566

pell-mell1579

tag-rag1582

helter-skelter1593

promiscuously1593

pell-mell1596

confusively1599

mel-pella1600

promiscually1602

squimble-squamble1611

promiscuous1616

clutteringly1624

promiscously1635

perplexly1670

skimble-skamble1775

skimper-scamper1778

hodge-podge1848

hugger-mugger1880

rumble-jumble1887

muddledly1914

?a1525 (?a1475) Play Sacrament l. 600 in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 76 The devyll I trowe within shrugge, For yt gooth rebyll rable.

1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 144 Ribble-rabble adv. in a state of great confusion.

1911 A. Warrack Scots Dial. Dict. at word Ribble-rabble adv. in great confusion.

B. adj.

Disorderly, confused; (of language or speech) rambling, gabbling, meaningless; (of persons, places, events, etc.) unruly, uncontrolled.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [adjective] > belonging to the rabble

rascala1450

rascally1592

ribble-rabble1598

riff-raff1598

tag-raga1616

rabblea1633

rag-tag1860

raggle-taggle1891

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Flim flam tales, old wiues fables, a ribble rabble discourse.

1600 J. Lane Tom Tel-Troths Message 110 So will I leaue to write Against this popish ribble rabble route.

1601 A. Munday Downfall Earle of Huntington sig. I2 You fall into your vaine, Of ribble rabble rimes, Skeltonicall.

1638 W. Bruton Newes from E.-Indies 4 The said Master of the Frigat (with the Assistance of some of the ribble rabble Rascalls of the Towne) did set upon Mr. Cartwright.

1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion i. 11 I cry God mercy..if thou gratest my eares any more with thy ribble rabble discourse.

1718 J. Breval Play is Plot iv. i. 47 Send those ribble rabble People away.

1842 Athenæum 22 Jan. 78/1 A mere canting hyperbolical egotist, who, cheered by as many of his ribble-rabble rebels, fancied..that he was [etc.].

1845 J. L. Anderdon River Dove 53 To look out for any thing beyond my footing, is more than man can do in such a ribble rabble place as this.

1961 Afro-Asian Bull. Nov.–Dec. 16/2 The ribble-rabble Federal Fighting Force.

C. n.

1. Confused speech or language; meaningless chatter, rigmarole; babble, gabble; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > [noun]

jargon1340

gibberishc1557

fustiana1593

hibber-gibber1593

rabble?1593

gabbling1599

rantum-scantum1599

ribble-rabble1601

gabble1602

High Dutch1602

Greek1603

baragouin1614

galimatias1653

riddle-me-ree1678

clink-clank1679

Hebrew1705

alieniloquy1727

jabber1735

mumbo-jumbo1738

gibbering1786

rigmarole1809

gibber1832

rigmarolery1833

Babelism1834

jargoning1837

barrikin1851

abracadabra1867

double Dutch1876

jabberwock1902

jabberwocky1908

jibber-jabber1922

mumbo-jumbery1923

mumbo1931

double-talk1938

garbology1944

1601 A. Munday Downfall Earle of Huntington sig. A4 High time tis for mee To leaue off my babble And fond ribble rabble.

1667 R. L'Estrange tr. F. de Quevedo Visions vi 249 Then with a certain Ribble-Rabble of Mysterious Words, he proceeds to his Calculation.

1677 R. Cary Palæologia Chronica ii. ii. vii. 219 That other Rible Rable..of that other Annotatour upon Clement.

1709 High German Looking-Glass in T. Wright Dict. Obs. & Provincial Eng. (1857) II. 805/2 A great deal more of such rivel-ravel, of which they knew no more than the man in the moon.

1737 J. Byrom Jrnl. 4 May in Private Jrnl. & Lit. Remains (1856) II. i. 142 (transcript from orig. shorthand) I saw the name of Mademoiselle Bourignon, and ribble rabble, fiddle faddle.

1883 H. Caine Cobwebs Crit. ii. 44 The ribble-rabble of the Examiner's poetical animosity.

1900 Railway Conductor Nov. 793/2 Ten wideawake Sisters boarded the cars... Brother Hull took us in charge and I judge he rather enjoyed our ribble-rabble.

2002 Iran & Caucasus 6 182 The students's ribble-rabble consists of the interchange of consonants following a certain rule, with the vowels staying intact.

2. Motley, disorderly, or unruly people; rabble; (as a count noun) an unruly crowd. Also: confusion, disorderliness; a confused state.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > the rabble

commona1350

rascala1382

rascaldry?1457

routc1475

tag and ragc1535

riff-raff1545

rabble1549

rascabilia1557

rabblement1565

bran1574

rascability1583

rascality1583

canaille1588

canalliary1600

canaglia1607

taga1616

ribble-rabble1635

volge1639

rabble rout1650

tag-rag and bob-tail1660

mobile1676

mobility1690

mob1691

rag-tag (also rag, tag) and bob-tail1725

kennel1726

rough scruff1814

rough scuff1816

tag-rag1826

rascalry1827

rascalment1832

doggery1843

polloi1856

raggle-taggle1958

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals > regarded as a whole or a body of people gathered > large or numerous > disorderly

frapec1330

rabblea1398

rafflea1450

unlawful assembly1485

rabblement1543

rabble rout?1589

ringat-rangata1600

hurry1620

ribble-rabble1635

tempest1746

cohue1850

pig pile1880

dog pile1921

scrimmage1968

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

1635 J. Shirley Traytor v. iii My ends are compassed: hang the ribble rabble!

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxi. 91 Perpetual drinking in a rible rable, like ducks.

1769 Trinculo's Trip 41 Wrangling with the ribble-rabble.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 225 A mischievous mob of colliers, and such promiscous ribble rabble.

1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 105 A gabble O' tongues..Frae that wine-flister't ribble-rabbill.

1898 N. Tourneur Hidden Witchery 150 Had this woman not tarnished my fair name, had she not turned the jibes of the ribble-rabble upon my house?

1973 M. L. Settle Prisons v. 81 Officers, hobnails, cropped heads, long hair,..what a ribble-rabble it was, all cheek by jowl.

1999 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 13 Aug. 11 The ribble-rabble brought about by the suppression of the report gave a field day to conspiracy theorists.

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

单词	ribble-rabble
释义	ribble-rabbleadv.adj.n. Brit. /ˈrɪbl ˈrabl/, U.S. /ˈrɪb(ə)l ˈræb(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English rebyll-rable (in a late copy), 1500s– ribble-rabble, 1600s rible-rable, 1700s– rivel-ravel (English regional (western) and Scottish), 1800s reeble-rabble (Scottish), 1800s ribble-rabbill (Scottish). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: rabble n.¹ Etymology: Reduplication (with vowel variation) of rabble n.¹ With later use compare also β. forms at rabble n.¹ and adj. Now rare. A. adv. In great confusion. rare (Scottish in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [adverb] pelly mellya1500 ribble-rabble?a1525 confusely1540 huddlea1555 confusedly1566 pell-mell1579 tag-rag1582 helter-skelter1593 promiscuously1593 pell-mell1596 confusively1599 mel-pella1600 promiscually1602 squimble-squamble1611 promiscuous1616 clutteringly1624 promiscously1635 perplexly1670 skimble-skamble1775 skimper-scamper1778 hodge-podge1848 hugger-mugger1880 rumble-jumble1887 muddledly1914 ?a1525 (?a1475) Play Sacrament l. 600 in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 76 The devyll I trowe within shrugge, For yt gooth rebyll rable. 1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 144 Ribble-rabble adv. in a state of great confusion. 1911 A. Warrack Scots Dial. Dict. at word Ribble-rabble adv. in great confusion. B. adj. Disorderly, confused; (of language or speech) rambling, gabbling, meaningless; (of persons, places, events, etc.) unruly, uncontrolled. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [adjective] > belonging to the rabble rascala1450 rascally1592 ribble-rabble1598 riff-raff1598 tag-raga1616 rabblea1633 rag-tag1860 raggle-taggle1891 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Flim flam tales, old wiues fables, a ribble rabble discourse. 1600 J. Lane Tom Tel-Troths Message 110 So will I leaue to write Against this popish ribble rabble route. 1601 A. Munday Downfall Earle of Huntington sig. I2 You fall into your vaine, Of ribble rabble rimes, Skeltonicall. 1638 W. Bruton Newes from E.-Indies 4 The said Master of the Frigat (with the Assistance of some of the ribble rabble Rascalls of the Towne) did set upon Mr. Cartwright. 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion i. 11 I cry God mercy..if thou gratest my eares any more with thy ribble rabble discourse. 1718 J. Breval Play is Plot iv. i. 47 Send those ribble rabble People away. 1842 Athenæum 22 Jan. 78/1 A mere canting hyperbolical egotist, who, cheered by as many of his ribble-rabble rebels, fancied..that he was [etc.]. 1845 J. L. Anderdon River Dove 53 To look out for any thing beyond my footing, is more than man can do in such a ribble rabble place as this. 1961 Afro-Asian Bull. Nov.–Dec. 16/2 The ribble-rabble Federal Fighting Force. C. n. 1. Confused speech or language; meaningless chatter, rigmarole; babble, gabble; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > [noun] jargon1340 gibberishc1557 fustiana1593 hibber-gibber1593 rabble?1593 gabbling1599 rantum-scantum1599 ribble-rabble1601 gabble1602 High Dutch1602 Greek1603 baragouin1614 galimatias1653 riddle-me-ree1678 clink-clank1679 Hebrew1705 alieniloquy1727 jabber1735 mumbo-jumbo1738 gibbering1786 rigmarole1809 gibber1832 rigmarolery1833 Babelism1834 jargoning1837 barrikin1851 abracadabra1867 double Dutch1876 jabberwock1902 jabberwocky1908 jibber-jabber1922 mumbo-jumbery1923 mumbo1931 double-talk1938 garbology1944 1601 A. Munday Downfall Earle of Huntington sig. A4 High time tis for mee To leaue off my babble And fond ribble rabble. 1667 R. L'Estrange tr. F. de Quevedo Visions vi 249 Then with a certain Ribble-Rabble of Mysterious Words, he proceeds to his Calculation. 1677 R. Cary Palæologia Chronica ii. ii. vii. 219 That other Rible Rable..of that other Annotatour upon Clement. 1709 High German Looking-Glass in T. Wright Dict. Obs. & Provincial Eng. (1857) II. 805/2 A great deal more of such rivel-ravel, of which they knew no more than the man in the moon. 1737 J. Byrom Jrnl. 4 May in Private Jrnl. & Lit. Remains (1856) II. i. 142 (transcript from orig. shorthand) I saw the name of Mademoiselle Bourignon, and ribble rabble, fiddle faddle. 1883 H. Caine Cobwebs Crit. ii. 44 The ribble-rabble of the Examiner's poetical animosity. 1900 Railway Conductor Nov. 793/2 Ten wideawake Sisters boarded the cars... Brother Hull took us in charge and I judge he rather enjoyed our ribble-rabble. 2002 Iran & Caucasus 6 182 The students's ribble-rabble consists of the interchange of consonants following a certain rule, with the vowels staying intact. 2. Motley, disorderly, or unruly people; rabble; (as a count noun) an unruly crowd. Also: confusion, disorderliness; a confused state. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > the rabble commona1350 rascala1382 rascaldry?1457 routc1475 tag and ragc1535 riff-raff1545 rabble1549 rascabilia1557 rabblement1565 bran1574 rascability1583 rascality1583 canaille1588 canalliary1600 canaglia1607 taga1616 ribble-rabble1635 volge1639 rabble rout1650 tag-rag and bob-tail1660 mobile1676 mobility1690 mob1691 rag-tag (also rag, tag) and bob-tail1725 kennel1726 rough scruff1814 rough scuff1816 tag-rag1826 rascalry1827 rascalment1832 doggery1843 polloi1856 raggle-taggle1958 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals > regarded as a whole or a body of people gathered > large or numerous > disorderly frapec1330 rabblea1398 rafflea1450 unlawful assembly1485 rabblement1543 rabble rout?1589 ringat-rangata1600 hurry1620 ribble-rabble1635 tempest1746 cohue1850 pig pile1880 dog pile1921 scrimmage1968 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 1635 J. Shirley Traytor v. iii My ends are compassed: hang the ribble rabble! 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxi. 91 Perpetual drinking in a rible rable, like ducks. 1769 Trinculo's Trip 41 Wrangling with the ribble-rabble. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 225 A mischievous mob of colliers, and such promiscous ribble rabble. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 105 A gabble O' tongues..Frae that wine-flister't ribble-rabbill. 1898 N. Tourneur Hidden Witchery 150 Had this woman not tarnished my fair name, had she not turned the jibes of the ribble-rabble upon my house? 1973 M. L. Settle Prisons v. 81 Officers, hobnails, cropped heads, long hair,..what a ribble-rabble it was, all cheek by jowl. 1999 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 13 Aug. 11 The ribble-rabble brought about by the suppression of the report gave a field day to conspiracy theorists. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.n.?a1525
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