Definitions for ribaldries

ribaldries rib·ald·ry

Spelling: [rib-uh l-dree; spelling pronunciation rahy-b
IPA: /ˈrɪb əl dri; spelling pronunciation ˈraɪ bəl dri/

Ribaldries is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 699 anagrams from letters in ribaldries (abdeiilrrs).

Definitions for ribaldries

noun

  1. ribald character, as of language; scurrility.
  2. ribald speech.

Origin of ribaldries

1300-50; Middle English ribaudrie Old French. See ribald, -ry

Examples for ribaldries

The air at night was laden with ribaldry and the sounds of guns.

But he seemed to take little interest in the ribaldry of the other fellows.

This carnival of ribaldry seemed as some picture from the nether world.

It is certainly true, that every sort of ribaldry and obscenity are encouraged on the Chinese stage at the present day.

These were silent or even made some efforts to restrain the ribaldry of their men.

That is an age which moves youth either to ribaldry or to compassion.

And there is rarely much sex feeling, and never a touch of ribaldry.

Then the lawyer tried to explain to him that no one read the ribaldry.

He twittered a snatch of ribaldry that made my foot twitch in my boot.

Forbes felt a ribaldry in the whole situation, an intolerable contumely.

Word Value for ribaldries
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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