Definitions for Rabelaisian

Rabelaisian Rab·e·lai·si·an

Spelling: [rab-uh-ley-zee-uh n, -zhuh n]
IPA: /ˌræb əˈleɪ zi ən, -ʒən/

Rabelaisian is a 11 letter English word.

You can make 731 anagrams from letters in Rabelaisian (aaabeiilnrs).

Definitions for Rabelaisian

noun

  1. a person who admires or studies the works of Rabelais.

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or suggesting François Rabelais, whose work is characterized by broad, coarse humor and keen satire.

Origin of Rabelaisian

First recorded in 1855-60; Rabelais + -ian

Examples for Rabelaisian

The book and its Rabelaisian criticisms have been long since forgotten.

Thus mediæval play is epical in its Rabelaisian plainness of speech.

This thwacking rough-and-tumble, Rabelaisian horse-play—Shakespeare!

We must stand on our feet in all our Rabelaisian nakedness, and watch the world fade.

It was Voltairean rather than Rabelaisian; and I dislike both.

"No, no," cried Burrows, with a sort of Rabelaisian uproariousness.

Except for these, the book is characterized by a truly Rabelaisian humor.

Most of the songs had a Rabelaisian touch, some were nasty, but nearly all had wit.

The thing was a primitive type of novel—discoursive, gentle, Rabelaisian.

“Lost” was not the exact phrase, Boucher being a Rabelaisian wag, but it will pass.

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