Rabelaisian

[,ræbə'leiziən]

Definition

(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of Francois Rabelais or his works; 'Rabelaisian characters' .

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Definition

n. characteristic of Rabelais (1490-1553) broadly humorous coarse.

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Examples

Here, for example, is a picture drawn by Edison of a laboratory interlude--just a bit Rabelaisian: When experimenting at Menlo Park we had all the way from forty to fifty men. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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