Playes are the nurseries of vice, the bawd, / That thorow the senses steales our hearts abroad, / Tainting our eares with obscæne bawdery, / Lascivious words, and wanton ribaulry.
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Ribaldry
Synonyms for "ribaldry" (90 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (45)
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Translations
22 translations across 11 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- εὐτραπελία noun (humorous language or behaviour)
Bulgarian
2 entries- сквернословие noun (humorous language or behaviour)
- цинизъм noun (humorous language or behaviour)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 下流行為 /下流行为 noun (humorous language or behaviour)
- 下流語言 /下流语言 noun (humorous language or behaviour)
Dutch
1 entries- schunnigheid noun (humorous language or behaviour)
Finnish
1 entries- pelleily noun (humorous language or behaviour)
French
4 entries- grivoiserie noun (humorous language or behaviour)
- paillardise noun (humorous language or behaviour)
- polissonnerie noun (humorous language or behaviour)
- ribauderie noun (humorous language or behaviour)
German
4 entries- Anzüglichkeit noun (humorous language or behaviour)
- Gaukelwerk noun (humorous language or behaviour)
- Kramanzen noun (humorous language or behaviour)
- Possenspiel noun (humorous language or behaviour)
Italian
2 entries- oscenità noun (humorous language or behaviour)
- ribalderia noun (humorous language or behaviour)
Polish
1 entries- sprośność noun (humorous language or behaviour)
Russian
1 entries- понты́ noun (humorous language or behaviour)
Spanish
2 entries- procacidad noun (humorous language or behaviour)
- procacidades noun (humorous language or behaviour)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
His jargon of slang was a continuous joy and surprise to them. His gestures, his strange poses, his frank ribaldry of tongue and principle fascinated them.
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Sometimes these sagas and anecdotes are touched with ribaldry, or with excessive obscenity, according to the times, and sometimes they are rooted in obscure but still verifiable deistic concepts.
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I remember girls with men's muscles flinging fish baskets while they yelled ribaldries at each other, and fishermen strutting among them in their oilskins, too grand to be bothered with anyone but themselves.
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