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RIBALDRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Behavior or language bordering on indelicacy
Synonyms:
gaminess; raciness; ribaldry; spiciness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("ribaldry" is a kind of...):
indelicacy (the trait of being indelicate and offensive)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Ribald humor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("ribaldry" is a kind of...):
humor; humour; wit; witticism; wittiness (a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter)
