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"ref": "1693, Thomas Urquhart and Peter Anthony Motteux (Trans.), François Rabelais' Gargantua an Pantagruel, The Third Book, Chapter XXVII",
"text": "[L]et no zealous Christian trust the rogue,—the filthy ribald rascal is a liar."
},
{
"ref": "1875 May 15, anonymous author, “Mr. Carl Schurz and the Democratic Party”, in Harper's Weekly",
"text": "But when he died the \"Reform Democracy\" instinctively returned to its vomit of ribald insult.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "1888, Ambrose Pierce, \"A Fruitless Assignment\", Can Such Things Be? (Pub. 1893)",
"text": "[T]he curious crowd had collected in the street […] , with here and there a scoffer uttering his incredulity and courage with scornful remarks or ribald cries."
},
{
"ref": "1997, Chuck Eddy, The Accidental Evolution of Rock 'n' roll: A Misguided Tour Through Popular Music, page 22",
"text": "Anyway up against Reba McEntire, '60s-rock-bred big city escapee K.T. Oslin comes off both more ribald (\"Younger Men\") and prouder of the bras and bridges she used to burn (\"'8s Ladies\") in her best country hits.",
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{
"ref": "2016 February 23, Robbie Collin, “Grimsby review: ' Sacha Baron Cohen's vital, venomous action movie'”, in The Daily Telegraph (London)",
"text": "Baron Cohen turns his attentions back towards England, satirising the Establishment’s contempt for what Nobby himself proudly calls “scum” with ribald and corrosive glee.",
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"Coarsely, vulgarly, or lewdly amusing; referring to sexual matters in a rude or irreverent way."
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"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kopit",
"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "կոպիտ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
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"roman": "gṙehik",
"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "գռեհիկ"
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"word": "անվայել"
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"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "ədəbsiz"
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"roman": "nepriličen",
"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "неприличен"
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"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "grof"
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"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "vulgair"
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "rõve"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "ruokoton"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "grossier"
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"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "grivois"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "paillard"
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"english": "more neutral",
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"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "frivol"
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"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "zotig"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "anstößig"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ásemna",
"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "άσεμνα"
},
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "bōmolókhos",
"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "βωμολόχος"
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"code": "grc",
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"roman": "eutrápelos",
"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "εὐτράπελος"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "szemérmetlen"
},
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"code": "lt",
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"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "storžieviškas"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "ribaldo"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nepristojnyj",
"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "непристойный"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poxábnyj",
"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "поха́бный"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"tags": [
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "obsceno"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "vulgar"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "phūt sāmhāw",
"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "พูดสามหาว"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "yüzsüz"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "utanmaz"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "müstehcen"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "ağzı bozuk"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "coarse, lewd, vulgar",
"word": "terbiyesiz"
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"ref": "1483 [1900 edition], William Caxton (Trans.), Jacobus de Voragine, \"Life of S. Paul the first Hermit\", The Golden Legend",
"text": "After, he made an harlot, a ribald, come to him alone for to touch his members and his body, to move to lechery."
}
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "zazraxos",
"sense": "individual who is filthy or vulgar",
"word": "զազրախոս"
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{
"code": "hy",
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"roman": "hayhoyaxos",
"sense": "individual who is filthy or vulgar",
"word": "հայհոյախոս"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "cinik",
"sense": "individual who is filthy or vulgar",
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"word": "циник"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "individual who is filthy or vulgar",
"word": "lomperik"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "individual who is filthy or vulgar",
"word": "viezerik"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "individual who is filthy or vulgar",
"word": "balourd"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "individual who is filthy or vulgar",
"word": "lourdaud"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "individual who is filthy or vulgar",
"word": "dégoûtant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "individual who is filthy or vulgar",
"word": "sagouin"
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"code": "non",
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"sense": "individual who is filthy or vulgar",
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"sense": "individual who is filthy or vulgar",
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "individual who is filthy or vulgar",
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"word": "bezwstydnik"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "individual who is filthy or vulgar",
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "skvernoslóv",
"sense": "individual who is filthy or vulgar",
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "individual who is filthy or vulgar",
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"sense": "individual who is filthy or vulgar",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "hulnik"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "individual who is filthy or vulgar",
"word": "vulgar"
}
],
"word": "ribald"
}
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