ribaldo

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ribaldo (plural ribaldos)

1. Mora moro, the common mora, a deep-sea cod-like fish.

• arbidol, labroid

Borrowed from Old French ribaud, ribauld (“rogue, scoundrel”), from riber (“to be licentious”), from Frankish *rīban (“to copulate, be in heat”, literally “to rub”), from Proto-Germanic *wrībaną (“to turn, twist, writhe”), from Proto-Indo-European *werp-, *werb- (“to turn, twist”).

• IPA^(key): /riˈbal.do/
• Rhymes: -aldo
• Hyphenation: ri‧bàl‧do

ribaldo m (plural ribaldi)

1. (historical) a certain type of soldier:
   1. one of the soldiers tasked with starting a battle
   2. one of the soldiers who looted after the attack of knights
   3. any person who managed to enter a camp after the soldiers
2. (archaic) one who makes a living with dishonest activities
3. (archaic) beggar
4. rogue, scoundrel

ribaldo (feminine ribalda, masculine plural ribaldi, feminine plural ribalde)

1. (literary) roguish, scoundrelly

• ribaldo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• balordi

• Hyphenation: ri‧bal‧do

ribaldo m (plural ribaldos)

1. rascal; rogue (deceitful and unreliable person)

ribaldo (feminine ribalda, masculine plural ribaldos, feminine plural ribaldas)

1. (of a person) deceitful and unreliable