Ribaldry \Rib"ald*ry\, n. [OE. ribaldrie, ribaudrie, OF. ribalderie, ribauderie.] The talk of a ribald; low, vulgar language; indecency; obscenity; lewdness; -- now chiefly applied to indecent language, but formerly, as by Chaucer, also to indecent acts or conduct.
The ribaldry of his conversation moved ?stonishment even in that age. --Macaulay.
A FUNNY man and a fun player, roly poly saxophonist James Moody and his quartet extended Ronnie's season of ribaldry this week.