rib·ald /ˈrɪbəld ||ˈrɪˌbɔld, ˈraɪˌbɔld/
(a.)說話猥褻的,下流的,卑賤的說下流話的人
Rib·ald n. A low, vulgar, brutal, foul-mouthed wretch; a lewd fellow.
Ribald was almost a class name in the feudal system . . . He was his patron's parasite, bulldog, and tool . . . It is not to be wondered at that the word rapidly became a synonym for everything ruffianly and brutal. --Earle.
Rib·ald, a. Low; base; mean; filthy; obscene.
The busy day,
Waked by the lark, hath roused the ribald crows. --Shak.
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ribald
adj : humorously vulgar; "bawdy songs"; "off-color jokes"; "ribald
language" [syn: bawdy, off-color]
n : a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive
language