Rabelais

[ rab-uh-ley, rab-uh-ley; French ra-ble ]

noun

1. Fran·çois [f, r, ah, n, -, swa], c1490–1553, French satirist and humorist.

Rabelais

/ rablɛ; ˈræbəˌleɪ /

noun

1. RabelaisFrançois?14941553MFrenchWRITING: writer François (frɑ̃swa). ?1494–1553, French writer. His written works, esp Gargantua and Pantagruel (1534), contain a lively mixture of earthy wit, common sense, and satire

Example Sentences

Rabelais wrote Gargantua here, in this city devoted to the most Pantagruelian of pleasures.

From The Daily Beast

Rabelais was not more cunning when he hit upon his stratagem for getting carried to Paris.

From Project Gutenberg

Aristophanes has furnished jests for Rabelais, hints to Swift, and humor for Molière.

From Project Gutenberg

The name was enough; they could not dine elsewhere, and Ambrose felt that he was honouring the memory of the great Rabelais.

From Project Gutenberg

A scurvy trick; yet, as Master Rabelais says, Pantagruelians select not their bed.

From Project Gutenberg

Motteux, in his “Rabelais,” is the first to use “by jingo,” translating par dieu.

From Project Gutenberg