Definizione monolingua

ribald

ribald (plural ribalds)

1. A person who is filthy or vulgar.
   • 1483 [1900 edition], William Caxton (Trans.), Jacobus de Voragine, ""Life of S. Paul the first Hermit"", The w:Golden Legend:

     After, he made an harlot, a ribald, come to him alone for to touch his members and his body, to move to lechery.

ribald (comparative more ribald, superlative most ribald)

1. Coarsely, vulgarly or lewdly humorous.
   • 1693, Thomas Urquhart and Peter Anthony Motteux (Trans.), François Rabelais Gargantua an Pantagruel, The Third Book, Chapter XXVII:

     [L]et no zealous Christian trust the rogue,--the filthy ribald rascal is a liar.

   • 1875, May 15, Anonymous, ""Mr. Carl Schurz and the Democratic Party"", Harpers Weekly:

     But when he died the ""Reform Democracy"" instinctively returned to its vomit of ribald insult.

   • 1888, Ambrose Pierce, ""A Fruitless Assignment"", Can Such Things Be? (Pub. 1893):^[1]

     [T]he curious crowd had collected in the street […] , with here and there a scoffer uttering his incredulity and courage with scornful remarks or ribald cries.

Definizione dizionario ribald

osceno

sguaiato

volgare

Altri significati:

a person who is filthy or vulgar

Coarsely, vulgarly or lewdly humorous.

coarse, filthy, vulgar

A person who is filthy or vulgar.