Definition of Fabliau

1. n. One of the metrical tales of the Trouvères, or early poets of the north of France.

Definition of Fabliau

1. Noun. The genre of short, farcical often coarse tales written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries. ¹

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Definition of Fabliau

1. a short metrical tale popular in medieval France [n -AUX]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fabliau

fabella
fabellae
fabes con amasueles
fabian
fabianite
fabids
fabiform
fabism
fable
fabled
fablelike
fabler
fablers
fables
fabless
fabliau (current term)
fabliaux
fabling
fablings
faboo
fabric
fabric blindness
fabric mulch
fabric softener
fabric softeners
fabricability
fabricable
fabricant
fabricants
fabricate

Literary usage of Fabliau

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

1. A History of English Poetry by William John Courthope (1895)
"A more specific meaning generally attaches to the name fabliau, a form of poem used, as a rule, for the preservation of those popular tales, which from time ..."

2. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"The fabliau was essentially the amusement of the winter evenings; ... An example of the last is the fabliau of the "Villain who gained Paradise by pleading. ..."

3. The Oxford Treasury of English Literature by William Henry Hadow, Grace Eleanor Hadow (1907)
"CHAPTER III FRENCH INFLUENCE: ROMANCE, fabliau, AND BALLAD AMONG the verse forms of Northern France one of the most popular was the fabliau, ..."

4. Chrestomathie de L'ancien Français (VIIIe-XVe Siècles): Accompagnée D'une by Karl Bartsch, Leo Wiese (1920)
"LE fabliau DES PERDRIX. général et complet des fabliaux des XIII» et XIV» siècles, publiés par A. de Mo* ¡aiglon, 1.1. Pont 1872, p. 188—193. ..."

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