François Rabelais ( / ˌræbəˈleɪ /; French: [fʁɑ̃swa ʁablɛ]; between 1483 and 1494 – 1553) was a French Renaissance writer, physician, Renaissance humanist, monk and Greek scholar. He has historically been regarded as a writer of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, bawdy jokes and songs. His best known work is Gargantua and Pantagruel.
Pertaining to the works of Rabelais. Specifically, it means a style of satirical humour characterized by exaggerated characters and coarse jokes. Etymology: Calque of rabelaisien.
A most vigorous and spirited Rabelaisian tale, of equal value to the student of literature or Irish legend. There was something piquant—Villonesque, or jovial— Rabelaisian, about the pickpockets of that tribe.
Definition of Rabelaisian. 1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of Rabelais or his works. 2 : marked by gross robust humor, extravagance of caricature, or bold naturalism.
Rabelaisian. 1. a person who imitates or is an enthusiast for the works of Francois Rabelais. 2. a person given to coarse, satirical humor, like that of Rabelais. — Rabelaisian, adj. See also: Humor. -Ologies & -Isms.
Rabelaisian definition, of, relating to, or suggesting François Rabelais, whose work is characterized by broad, coarse humor and keen satire. See more.
Rabelaisian. Use the literary adjective Rabelaisian to describe writing that is similar to the work of the French novelist François Rabelais. Sometimes dirty jokes are described as Rabelaisian, …
adjective. Displaying earthy humor; bawdy. ‘the conversation was often highly Rabelaisian’. More example sentences. ‘But his own description of life's eternal bounciness seems to me much more gaily Rabelaisian than is the novel as a whole.’.
Rabelaisian adjective. Pertaining to the works of Rabelais. Specifically, it means a style of satirical humour characterized by exaggerated characters and …
Rabelaisian in British English. (ˌræbəˈleɪzɪən , -ʒən) adjective. 1. of, relating to, or resembling the work of Rabelais, esp by broad, often bawdy humour and sharp satire. noun. 2. a student or admirer of Rabelais. Collins English Dictionary.
Ra·be·lais. (răb′ə-lā′, răb′ə-lā′, räb-lĕ′), François 1494?-1553. French humanist and writer of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism and superstition, most notably Pantagruel (1532) and Gargantua (1534). American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
