ribaudy

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Middle English

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Noun

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ribaudy

  1. ribaldry
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Words of the Host to the Physician and the Pardoner, The Canterbury Tales, line 323-324:
      But right anon thise gentils gonne to crye,
      ‘Nay! lat him telle us of no ribaudye;’
      [...]
      But right away these gentlefolk began to cry,
      ‘Nay! let him tell us of no ribaldry;’ [...]

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