ribaldry Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun ribald humor
  2. noun behavior or language bordering on indelicacy
    raciness; spiciness; gaminess.

WordNet

Rib"ald*ry noun
Etymology
OE. ribaldrie, ribaudrie, OF. ribalderie, ribauderie.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913