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ribaud

ribaud is the obsolete form of ribald.

Meaning of ribald

Noun

ribald (plural ribalds)

  1. A person who is filthy or vulgar in nature.
    • After, he made an harlot, a ribald, come to him alone for to touch his members and his body, to move to lechery.1483 [1900 edition], William Caxton (Trans.), Jacobus de Voragine, "Life of S. Paul the first Hermit", The Golden Legend

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Forms of ribaud

Noun
pluralribauds
Adjective
comparativemore ribaud
superlativemost ribaud

Questions about ribaud

What is ribaud the obsolete form of?
Ribaud is the obsolete form of ribald.

Words near ribaud in the dictionary

  1. ribat
  2. ribats
  3. ribattuta
  4. ribattutas
  5. ribattute
  6. ribaud
  7. ribaudequin
  8. ribaudequins
  9. Ribaudo
  10. Ribaudos
  11. ribaudred

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