ribaldry

ribaldry
n
1. scurrility, scurrilousness, abusiveness, blackguardism, profaneness; indecency, shamelessness, suggestivity, immodesty, indelicacy; offen-siveness, grossness, rankness, repulsiveness, repulsivi-ty; vulgarity, vulgarness, obsceneness, lewdness, sala-ciousness, vileness, foulness, filthiness, nastiness, Sl. raunchiness; lecherousness, lubricity, lustfulness, bawdiness, libidinousness, concupiscence, carnality, carnalness, sexiness, sensuality; licentiousness, lasciviousness, wantonness, looseness, promiscuity, promiscuousness.
2. immorality, dissoluteness, dissipation, rakishness; gaucheness, gaucherie, uncouthness, crassness, rudeness, boorishness, brutishness, rawness; ill-breeding, unmannerliness, ill-manneredness, uncivility, uncivilness, ungentlemanliness; coarseness, roughness, baseness, commonness, ignobility, raffishness, lowliness.
3. vulgarism, obscenity, salacity, filth, dirt, smut; scurrility, billingsgate, profanity, double entendre, Archaic. bawdry; derision, scorn, scoff, jeer, gibe, sneer, mockery, ridicule.

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