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ribible

English

Etymology

See ribibe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???ba?b?l/

Noun

ribible (plural ribibles)

  1. (obsolete) A small three-stringed viol; a rebec.
    • Al konne he pleye on gyterne or ribible.

Synonyms

  • rubible

References

  • ribible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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ribibe

English

Etymology

See rebec.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???ba?b/

Noun

ribibe (plural ribibes)

  1. (obsolete) A kind of stringed instrument, the rebec.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Nares to this entry?)
  2. (obsolete, derogatory) An old woman.
  3. (obsolete) A bawd; a prostitute.
    • 1616, Ben Jonson, The Devil Is an Ass
      some good ribibe abuot Kentish Town or Hogsden

Anagrams

  • ribbie

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