Rabelais

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

/ ˈræb əˌleɪ, ˌræb əˈleɪ; French raˈblɛ /

noun

Fran·çois

[frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/,c1490–1553, French satirist and humorist.

Example sentences from the Web for rabelais

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

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Rabelais was also a professional brother, who, equally with Smollet, attempted to waken up the profession by his satires.

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It was not always so long as Rabelais made it in the end: it was much shorter at first.

Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. |Francois Rabelais
Voltaire put the matter with his usual felicity,—Swift is Rabelais in his senses.

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His religion at best is an anxious wish,—like that of Rabelais, a great Perhaps.

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Rabelais looks over all the gadgets we have and those that are too much ahead of our time, he throws away.

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British Dictionary definitions for rabelais

Rabelais

/ (ˈræbəˌleɪ, French rablɛ) /

noun

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

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