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Ribald
01
a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language
Grammatical Information
animacy status
human
Composition
Compound
countable
plural form
ribalds
ribald
01
vulgar, indecent, or coarse, often with sexual connotations
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
qualitative
Superlative
most ribald
Comparative
more ribald
gradable
Examples
The ribald banter between the characters in the play shocked some of the more conservative audience members.
Lexical Tree
ribaldry
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