Definition of Rabelaisian

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Francois Rabelais or his works. "Rabelaisian characters"

Partainyms: Rabelais
Derivative terms: Rabelais

Definition of Rabelaisian

1. Adjective. Pertaining to the works of Rabelais. Specifically, it means a style of satirical humour characterized by exaggerated characters and coarse jokes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rabelaisian

R recombinase
R wave
Raaya
Rab28 GTPase
Rab29 GTPase
Rab geranylgeranyltransferase
Rabaul Creole German
Rabb
Rabbi
Rabbi Moses Ben Maimon
Rabbie
Rabbitland
Rabelais
Rabelaisian (current term)
Rabi I
Rabi II
Rabia
Rabinowitz
Rabshakeh
Rabson
Rach
Rachabattuni
Rachael
Rachel
Rachel Carson
Rachel Louise Carson
Rachelle
Rachmaninoff

Literary usage of Rabelaisian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Voyage of Bran, Son of Febal, to the Land of the Living: An Old Irish Saga by Kuno Meyer, Dindsenchas, Alfred Trübner Nutt, Scél Túan maic Cairill (1897)
"... the Rabelaisian element in Irish mythology; comparison of Annalistic and romantic accounts ; necessary deduction as to agricultural origin of the Tuatha ..."

2. My Lifetime by John Hollingshead (1895)
"The Queen's Theatre in Long Acre—Diplomacy—Finance—Politics— A Rabelaisian Member—A successful journalist — A jocular manager, ..."

3. My Lifetime by John Hollingshead (1895)
"The Reform Club—The Gaiety and the Nonconformist conscience—A Rabelaisian preface—The danger of being ironical in a stupid world—The difference between pink ..."

4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
"It was an Augean-stable task this of purifying the Rabelaisian muck-writing во as to render it in any way fit for ears or eyes polite. ..."

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