ribaldry
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 8
/ˈɹɪb.əl.dɹi/
Definition of ribaldry
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)Joking or humorous language or behaviour used in a vulgar or lewd fashion.
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English ribaldrie, from Old French ribaulderie, ribauderie, equivalent to ribald + -ry.
Words you can make from ribaldry
114 playable · top: RABIDLY (13 pts)
Best play rabidly 13 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
6 words5-letter words
22 words4-letter words
38 words- ABLY 9 pts
- BRAY 9 pts
- BYRL 9 pts
- DRAY 8 pts
- IDLY 8 pts
- IDYL 8 pts
- LADY 8 pts
- YALD 8 pts
- YARD 8 pts
- YIRD 8 pts
- AIRY 7 pts
- ARYL 7 pts
- BALD 7 pts
- BARD 7 pts
- BIRD 7 pts
- BRAD 7 pts
- DARB 7 pts
- DRAB 7 pts
- DRIB 7 pts
- YIRR 7 pts
- ABRI 6 pts
- BAIL 6 pts
- BIRL 6 pts
- BIRR 6 pts
- RABI 6 pts
- ARID 5 pts
- DIAL 5 pts
- DIRL 5 pts
- LAID 5 pts
- LARD 5 pts
- RAID 5 pts
- ARIL 4 pts
- LAIR 4 pts
- LARI 4 pts
- LIAR 4 pts
- LIRA 4 pts
- RAIL 4 pts
- RIAL 4 pts
3-letter words
32 words- ABY 8 pts
- BAY 8 pts
- DAY 7 pts
- DRY 7 pts
- BAD 6 pts
- BID 6 pts
- DAB 6 pts
- DIB 6 pts
- LAY 6 pts
- RAY 6 pts
- RYA 6 pts
- YAR 6 pts
- ALB 5 pts
- ARB 5 pts
- BAL 5 pts
- BAR 5 pts
- BRA 5 pts
- BRR 5 pts
- LAB 5 pts
- LIB 5 pts
- RIB 5 pts
- AID 4 pts
- DAL 4 pts
- LAD 4 pts
- LID 4 pts
- RAD 4 pts
- RID 4 pts
- AIL 3 pts
- AIR 3 pts
- LAR 3 pts
- RAI 3 pts
- RIA 3 pts
2-letter words
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