α. late Middle English rebawdous, late Middle English rybadous, 1500s ribaudous, 1500s rybaudous, 1500s rybawdouse.
β. 1500s ribauldous, 1500s rybauldouse, 1500s 1800s– ribaldous.
ribaldousadj.
/ˈrɪbldəs/, U.S. /ˈrɪbəldəs/ Now rare.
= ribaldrous adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > ribald or scurrilous
foulOE
ribaldya1438
ribaldousc1440
villainous1470
ribald?a1500
ribaldious?1518
ribaldry1519
ribaldish?1533
rabulous1538
reprobriousa1539
ribaldrous1565
scurrile1567
profane1568
swearing1569
ribaldly1570
scurrilous1576
tarry1579
Fescennine verses1601
scogginly1620
ribaldrious1633
rotten in one's head1640
Billingsgate1652
promiscuous1753
blackguarding1789
blue1832
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective] > lewd, bawdy, or obscene
lewdc1386
filthy?c1400
knavishc1405
sensual?a1425
ribaldousc1440
dishonestc1450
bawdya1513
ribald?a1513
ribaldious?1518
slovenly?1518
ribaldry1519
priapish1531
ribaldish?1533
filthous1551
ribaldly1570
obscene1571
bawdisha1586
obscenous1591
greasy1598
dirty1599
fulsome1600
spurcitious1658
lasciviating1660
smutty1668
bawdry1764
ribaldric1796
un-Quakerlike1824
fat1836
ithyphallic1856
hot1892
rorty1898
rude1919
bitchy1928
feelthy1930
raunchy1943
ranchy1959
down and dirty1969
steamy1970
sleazo1972
c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 455 (MED) Ther awes none alyenes to ayer appon nyghttys With syche a rebawdous rowtte to ryot thy seluen.
1533 T. More Apologye 82 It wolde make a good stomake to vomyte to here theyre rybauldouse raylynge.
1598 R. Cleaver Godly Form Househ. Gouernement 324 They must be circumspect, that their children do not..sweare curse, lye, or speake any bawdie or ribaldous words.
1928 R. Freeman Land I live In 213 We gallop along with a ribaldous song.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > malediction > [adverb] > in a scurrilous manner
ribaldously1481
ribaldiouslyc1530
scurrilously1597
scurrilely1647
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adverb] > lewdly, bawdily, or obscenely
ribaldously1481
filthily?1526
ribaldiouslyc1530
dishonestly1560
filthy1571
prostitutely1594
obscenely1598
obscenously1606
lewdly1609
bawdily1629
fulsomely1657
smuttily1672
ribaldly1846
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 90 He..fowle and rybadously sklaundryth me wyth her.
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 366/1 To scorne, to mock..and ribauldously to raile.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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adj.c1440