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单词 rabelaisian
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Rabelaisianadj.n.

Brit. /ˌrabəˈleɪzɪən/, /ˌrabəˈleɪʒn/, U.S. /ˌræbəˈleɪziən/, /ˌræbəˈleɪʒ(ə)n/
Forms: 1700s– Rabelaisian, 1800s Rabelaesian.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Rabelais , -ian suffix.
Etymology: < the name of François Rabelais (c1490–1553), French satirist + -ian suffix. Compare French Rabelaisien (adjective) relating to or reminiscent of Rabelais or his works (1828), (noun) follower of Rabelais (1836); compare also Middle French rabelaitique (16th cent.), rabeliste (1571). Compare slightly earlier Rabelaic adj.
A. adj.
Relating to, characteristic of, or resembling Rabelais or his satirical writings, which are noted for their earthy humour, their parody of medieval learning and literature, and their affirmation of humanist values; bawdy, vulgar.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [adjective] > relating to or characteristic of specific writer
Lucianical1561
Xenophontean1593
Sidneian1599
Anastasian1621
Theophrastical1662
Menippean1693
Varronian1693
Herodotean1748
Shaftesburian1752
Cervantic1760
Alfredian1762
Swiftian1762
Richardsonian1763
Pepysian1765
Rabelaica1768
Rabelaisian1769
Johnsonian1775
Radcliffian1801
Southeyan1817
Lucianic1820
Xenophontic1822
Thucydidean1826
Walter Scottish1827
Voltairean1833
Juvenalian1839
Dickens-like1841
Dickensian1842
Voltairish1842
Hazlittian1844
Theocritean1846
Dickensish1849
Ruskinian1850
Ruskinesque1854
Dickensy1855
Dickenesque1856
Macaulayesque1856
Ruskinite1856
Thackerayan1857
Ruskinese1863
Macaulayish1865
Walpolian1867
Dickensesque1868
Voltairianized1872
Baconian1874
Balzacian1874
Morrisian1879
Isidorian1882
Poe-like1882
Peacockian1886
Poe-esque1886
Zolaesque1886
Macaulayan1887
Bunyanesque1888
Fieldingesque1888
Junian1888
Meredithian1888
Tacitean1890
Hugoesque1893
Hardyesque1894
Kiplingesque1894
Shawian1894
Maeterlinckian1895
Dickinsonian1896
Stevensonian1897
Austenish1898
Austenian1901
Leverish1903
Pateresque1903
Trollopian1903
Malorian1904
Shavian1904
Brontesque1905
Chestertonian1905
Jamesian1905
Leveresque1905
Jacobean1906
Carrollese1907
Hardyan1907
Stendhalian1907
Turgenevian1908
Ouidaesque1909
Galsworthian1912
Poeish1915
Paterian1918
Sitwellian1920
Conradian1921
Mallarméan1924
Theophrastian1924
Wildean1924
Pirandellian1925
Proustian1925
Flaubertian1926
Wodehousian1926
Joycean1927
Stracheyan1927
Theophrastic1928
Yeatsian1928
Lawrentian1930
Firbankian1931
Melvillean1931
Leavisite1934
Runyonesque1934
Kafka1936
Woolfian1936
Twainian1938
Rilkean1939
Audenesque1940
Hemingwayesque1942
Brontëan1945
Kafkaesque1947
Leavisian1947
Morrisan1949
Orwellian1950
Faulknerian1951
Hemingwayan1951
Greeneian1952
Arnoldian1953
Thurberesque1954
Tolkienian1954
Beckettian1958
Hemingwayish1959
Nabokovian1959
Pinteresque1960
Pinterish1960
Vernean1960
Waughian1960
Bradleian1961
Gravesian1961
Kafkian1962
Jules Vernean1964
Snovian1966
Pinterian1967
Lucianesque1969
Tolkienesque1970
Thoreauvian1975
Stubbsian1979
the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > strong, sulphurous (of language) > referring to specific writer
Sotadic1716
Rabelaica1768
Rabelaisian1857
1769 J. H. Stevenson Wks. L. Sterne V. Pref. clvi He decently lived a becoming ornament of the Church, till his Rabelaisian spirit..immersed him into the gaieties and frivolities of the world.
1817 Lady Morgan France ii. viii. 167 He talked of recovery,..and still emitted some of those sparks of Rabelaisian humour, attributed to him by contemporary wits.
1857 Sat. Rev. 2 May 404/2 The publications of the two Brunets on Rabelæsian bibliography.
1876 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 132 [Skelton] was truly Rabelaisian before Rabelais.
1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xlvii. 274 They were alone in the hotel but for a fat Frenchwoman of middle age, a Rabelaisian figure with a broad, obscene laugh.
1951 H. Pearson Dizzy xvii. 270 He talked in a sweet and gentle voice,..which contrasted curiously with the ogre-like body, the Rabelaisian and recklessly frank things he said.
1998 N. Lawson How to Eat (1999) 419 Once people know about the diet, they'll feel that you can't really enjoy yourself until you eat and drink to Rabelaisian excess.
B. n.
A student or admirer of Rabelais or his writings; a person with a Rabelaisian attitude to life.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [noun] > imitation or admiration of specific writer > follower or student of specific writer
Tacitist1656
Johnsonian1778
Richardsonian1778
Miltonist1830
Voltairean1842
Dickensite1849
Shakespearolater1875
Cervantist1881
Rabelaisian1882
Dickensian1885
Peacockian1886
Zolaist1886
Meredithian1892
Hardyan1896
Janeite1896
Stevensonian1897
Kiplingite1898
Hazlittian1902
Austenite1903
Balzacian1905
Shavian1905
Boswellian1908
Jacobite1909
Thackerayan1909
Trollopian1910
Wellsian1916
Proustian1919
Sitwellian1920
Pirandellist1925
Thoreauvian1927
Walpolian1927
Austenian1928
Stendhalian1928
Poeist1929
Morrisite1936
Joycean1938
Wodehousian1939
Lucianist1940
Woolfian1944
Leavisite1946
Jamesian1954
Yeatsian1954
Leavisian1955
Lawrentian1957
Lawrentian1959
Beckettian1965
Orwellian1971
1882 T. Hardy Let. 17 May (1978) I. 106 We Rabelaisians have not as yet reached the state of enlightenment which distinguishes you Noviomagians, & do not include ladies in our company.
1893 Athenæum 10 June 729/3 Modern Rabelaisians, anxious concerning the mission of the master.
1932 B. Rascoe Titans of Lit. 175 There were Rabelaisians or Pantagruelists in Rabelais' lifetime and there were anti-Rabelasians.
1958 T. Wilkins Clarence King xvii. 296 The Rabelaisians gathered around the dinner table half a dozen times a year, sometimes at the Saville Club, with Lord Houghton presiding.
1991 Washington Post (Nexis) 12 May x19 Some people may be offended by grossness... Kids, though, are natural Rabelaisians.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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