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risque
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French risqué.
Pronunciation
Adjective
risque (comparative more risque, superlative most risque)
- (US) Alternative form of risqué
Etymology 2
Noun
risque (plural risques)
- Obsolete spelling of risk
Anagrams
- Squier, Squire, quires, squier, squire
French
Etymology
From Middle French risque (first attested in 1578), borrowed from Old Italian risco (modern Italian rischio).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?isk/
Noun
risque m (plural risques)
- risk
- Synonym: danger m
Derived terms
Descendants
- Turkish: risk
Verb
risque
- first-person singular present indicative of risquer
- third-person singular present indicative of risquer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of risquer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of risquer
- second-person singular imperative of risquer
Further reading
- “risque” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- quiers, requis
Portuguese
Verb
risque
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of riscar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of riscar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of riscar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of riscar
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ribald
English
Alternative forms
- ribauld (rare)
Etymology
From Middle English ribald, from Old French ribaud, ribauld (“rogue, scoundrel”) ( > English ribaud), from Old French riber (“to be licentious”), from Frankish *r?ban (“to copulate, be in heat”, literally “to rub”), from Proto-Germanic *wr?ban? (“to turn, twist, writhe”), from Proto-Indo-European *werp-, *werb- (“to turn, twist”) + Old French -aud, from Frankish *-wald.
Related to Old High German r?ban (“to rub”), German reiben (“to rub”), Dutch wrijven (“to rub”). Compare also Old High German hr?ba (“prostitute”). See also English wrap.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???b.?ld/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???b.?ld/, /??a?.b?ld/
Adjective
ribald (comparative more ribald, superlative most ribald)
- Coarsely, vulgarly, or lewdly amusing; referring to sexual matters in a rude or irreverent way.
- 1693, Thomas Urquhart and Peter Anthony Motteux (Trans.), François Rabelais' Gargantua an Pantagruel, The Third Book, Chapter XXVII:
- [L]et no zealous Christian trust the rogue,—the filthy ribald rascal is a liar.
- 1875, May 15, Anonymous, "Mr. Carl Schurz and the Democratic Party", Harper's Weekly:
- But when he died the "Reform Democracy" instinctively returned to its vomit of ribald insult.
- 1888, Ambrose Pierce, "A Fruitless Assignment", Can Such Things Be? (Pub. 1893):
- [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.
- 1997 Chuck Eddy, The Accidental Evolution of Rock 'n' roll: A Misguided Tour Through Popular Music (p.22)
- 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.
- 1693, Thomas Urquhart and Peter Anthony Motteux (Trans.), François Rabelais' Gargantua an Pantagruel, The Third Book, Chapter XXVII:
Translations
Noun
ribald (plural ribalds)
- An individual who is filthy or vulgar in nature.
- 1483 [1900 edition], William Caxton (Trans.), Jacobus de Voragine, "Life of S. Paul the first Hermit", The Golden Legend:
- After, he made an harlot, a ribald, come to him alone for to touch his members and his body, to move to lechery.
- 1483 [1900 edition], William Caxton (Trans.), Jacobus de Voragine, "Life of S. Paul the first Hermit", The Golden Legend:
Related terms
- ribaldry
Translations
References
Further reading
- Ribald in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- bridal, labrid
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