ribaud
English
Noun
ribaud (plural ribauds)
- Obsolete form of ribald.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938:
- Tom Pyper, an ironicall Sarcasmus , spoken in derision of these rude wits , which make more account of a ryming ribaud , then of skill grounded vppon learning and iudgement
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Adjective
ribaud (comparative more ribaud, superlative most ribaud)
- Obsolete form of ribald.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ribaud in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
French
Adjective
ribaud (feminine ribaude, masculine plural ribauds, feminine plural ribaudes)
- (obsolete) ribauld
Further reading
- “ribaud”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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