[ˈrɪbld], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- referring to sexual matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way
(e.g: a ribald comment)


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Origin:
Middle English (as a noun denoting a lowly retainer or a licentious or irreverent person): from Old French ribauld, from riber ‘indulge in licentious pleasures’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘prostitute’