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goliard
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gol·iard  (glyrd, -yärd)
n.
A wandering student in medieval Europe disposed to conviviality, license, and the making of ribald and satirical Latin songs.
[Middle English, from Old French, glutton, goliard, from gole, throat, from Latin gula.]
gol·iardic (gl-yärdk) adj.
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Noun1.goliard - a wandering scholar in medieval Europe; famed for intemperance and riotous behavior and the composition of satirical and ribald Latin songs
bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines


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He begins with a reading of a goliardic comedy in Latin, Ugolino Pisani's Philogenia, in which the title character is seduced, betrayed, exploited by friends of the seducer, and married off to a doltish peasant with the connivance of a corrupt friar and two whores.
Secret Sharers in Italian Comedy from Machiavelli to Goldioni by Newbigin, Nerida / Renaissance Quarterly
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