Found 2 items, similar to Ribaldry.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: ribaldry ribaldry n 1: ribald humor 2: behavior or language bordering on indelicacy [syn: gaminess, raciness, spiciness]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ribaldry Ribaldry \Rib"ald*ry\, n. [OE. ribaldrie, ribaudrie, OF. ribalderie, ribauderie.] 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. [1913 Webster] The ribaldry of his conversation moved ?stonishment even in that age. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]