What's the difference between ribaldry and ribaudry?

Ribaldry


Definition:

  • (n.) 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.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Would any coalition minister dare use the phrase on a genuinely public platform without expecting raspberries and ribaldry?
  • (2) He enjoyed ribaldry about Jews; he took comfort in contempt for Jews.
  • (3) I told them we had had quite enough devastatingly bad publicity: party members had stopped canvassing because of ribaldry on the doorsteps.
  • (4) News of the books provoked ribaldry on Twitter among those following the events, with jokes that Snowden won't be allowed to leave the airport until he finishes reading them.

Ribaudry


Definition:

  • (n.) Ribaldry.

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