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Definition of: ribald
(rib′əld) adjective
Pertaining to or indulging in coarse or offensive language or vulgar jokes; coarsely jocular.
—noun One who uses coarse or abusive language. [<OF ribauld <Gmc. Cf. MHG riben copulate, MDu. ribe whore.]
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