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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.

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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. ribald humor
  3. n. behavior or language bordering on indelicacy
  4. 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.
  5. The talk of a ribald; low, vulgar language; indecency;obscenity; lewdness; -- now chiefly applied to indecent language, butformerly, as by Chaucer, also to indecent acts or conduct.The ribaldry of his conversation moved Macaulay.