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   Rib·ald

   /ˈribəld/

   

   adjective

   • 1. referring to sexual matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way: "a ribald comment"

   Word Origin Middle English (as a noun denoting a lowly retainer or a licentious or irreverent person): from Old French ribauld, from riber ‘indulge in licentious pleasures’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘prostitute’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • B

     3

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

   • D

     2

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