Category:Ribaldry

Rib"ald*ry, n. Etym: [oe. ribaldrie, ribaudrie, of. ribalderie, Ribauderie.]

Defn: 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. The ribaldry of his conversation moved macaulay.