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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: ribald (0.00915 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to ribald.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: ribald
cabul
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: ribald
ribald
adj : humorously vulgar;
“bawdy songs”;
“off-color jokes”;
“ribald
language” [syn:
bawdy,
off-color]
n : a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive
language
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ribald
Ribald
\Rib"ald\, a.
Low; base; mean; filthy; obscene.
[1913 Webster]
The busy day,
Waked by the lark, hath roused the ribald crows.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Ribald
\Rib"ald\, n. [OE. ribald, ribaud, F. ribaud, OF. ribald,
ribault, LL. ribaldus, of German origin; cf. OHG hr[=i]pa
prostitute. For the ending -ald cf. E.
Herald.]
A low, vulgar, brutal, foul-mouthed wretch; a lewd fellow.
--Spenser. Pope.
[1913 Webster]
Ribald was almost a class name in the feudal system . .
. He was his patron's parasite, bulldog, and tool . . .
It is not to be wondered at that the word rapidly
became a synonym for everything ruffianly and brutal.
--Earle.
[1913 Webster]
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