An ancient, antiquated, or old-fashioned, word,
expression, or idiom; a word or form of speech no longer in common use.
1. Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Chaucer. 2. The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or customary lewdness. Dryden. 3. Anything meretricious; as, harlotry in art. 4. A harlot; a strumpet...