Rabelaisian

[ rab-uh-ley-zee-uh n, -zhuh n ]

/ ˌræb əˈleɪ zi ən, -ʒən /

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

a person who admires or studies the works of Rabelais.

Origin of Rabelaisian

First recorded in 1855–60; Rabelais + -ian

Cheerfulness requires something more than a well-balanced Rabelaisian nonchalance in adversity and a keen relish for all pleasure.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 |Various
He was a great tragic artist in the rough, and his comedy displays an uncouth Rabelaisian realism.

Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature |John Addington Symonds
Their dinner finished, they rose, stretching and eructating in true Rabelaisian fashion.

Paradise Garden |George Gibbs
But as the confraternity was anything but religious, this saint, or rather this eponymous hero, had to be a Rabelaisian character.

Wine, Women, and Song |Various

By a memory separate from the rest of his verse, Ronsard was moved to write this Rabelaisian thing.

Avril |H. Belloc

Rabelaisian

/ (ˌræbəˈleɪzɪən, -ʒən) /

of, relating to, or resembling the work of Rabelais, esp by broad, often bawdy humour and sharp satire

a student or admirer of Rabelais

Rabelaisianism, noun