HyperDic: rabelais

English > 1 sense of the word Rabelais:
NOUNperson Rabelais, Francois Rabelaisauthor of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553)
English > Rabelais: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaningauthor of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553).
SynonymFrancois Rabelais
Instance ofsatirist, ironist, ridiculerA humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm
SpanishFrancois Rabelais, François Rabelais, Rabelais
CatalanFrançois Rabelais, Rabelais
AdjectivesRabelaisianof or relating to or characteristic of Francois Rabelais or his works

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