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Rabelais

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Ra·be·lais  (rb-l, rb-l, räb-l), François 1494?-1553.
French humanist and writer of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism and superstition, most notably Pantagruel (1532) and Gargantua (1534).
Rabelais [ˈræbəˌleɪ (French) rablɛ]
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(Biographies / Rabelais, François (?1494-1553) M, French, WRITING: 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
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Noun1.Rabelais - author of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553)Rabelais - author of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553)
Francois Rabelais
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Come, thou that hast inspired thy Aristophanes, thy Lucian, thy Cervantes, thy Rabelais, thy Moliere, thy Shakespear, thy Swift, thy Marivaux, fill my pages with humour; till mankind learn the good-nature to laugh only at the follies of others, and the humility to grieve at their own.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
But he who dodges hospitals and jails, and walks fast crossing grave-yards, and would rather talk of operas than hell; calls Cowper, Young, Pascal, Rousseau, poor devils all of sick men; and throughout a care-free lifetime swears by Rabelais as passing wise, and therefore jolly; --not that man is fitted to sit down on tomb-stones, and break the green damp mould with unfathomably wondrous Solomon.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
It was an opportunity for him to talk, and for me to hear, that old language of Rabelais, which is still in use in some Canadian provinces.
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