ribauld

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪbɔːld/

Noun

ribauld (plural ribaulds)

1. (rare) Archaic spelling of ribald.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     When that lewd ribauld with vile lust aduaunst
     Layd first his filthy hands on virgin cleene

References

• “ribauld”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• braulid