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