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Droll vs Ribald - What's the difference?

droll | ribald |

As adjectives the difference between droll and ribald

is that droll is oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish while ribald is coarsely, vulgarly, or lewdly amusing; referring to sexual matters in a rude or irreverent way.

As nouns the difference between droll and ribald

is that droll is (archaic) a buffoon while ribald is an individual who is filthy or vulgar in nature.

As a verb droll

is (archaic) to joke, to jest.

droll

English

Adjective

(er)
  • oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish
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    Derived terms

    * drollery * drolly * drollness

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A buffoon
  • * , Episode 12, The Cyclops
  • Our two inimitable drolls did a roaring trade with their broadsheets among lovers of the comedy element and nobody who has a corner in his heart for real Irish fun without vulgarity will grudge them their hardearned pennies.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To joke, to jest.
  • * 1886 , Robert Louise Stevenson, Kidnapped
  • "Eh, man," said I, drolling with him a little, "you're very ingenious! But would it not be simpler for you to write him a few words in black and white?

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    ribald

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ribauld (rare)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Coarsely, vulgarly, or lewdly amusing; referring to sexual matters in a rude or irreverent way.
  • * 1693 , :
  • [L]et no zealous Christian trust the rogue,—the filthy ribald rascal is a liar.
  • * 1875 , May 15, Anonymous, " :
  • But when he died the "Reform Democracy" instinctively returned to its vomit of ribald insult.
  • * 1888 , ", Can Such Things Be?'' (Pub. 1893):Originally published in the ''San Francisco Examiner'' on June 24, 1888, and later included in ''Can Such Things Be?'' and ''Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories .
  • [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.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An individual who is filthy or vulgar in nature.
  • * 1483 [1900 edition], :
  • 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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