fabliau
noun
fab·li·au ˈfa-blē-ˌō 
plural fabliaux ˈfa-blē-ˌō(z)
: a short, usually comic, frankly coarse, and often cynical tale in verse popular especially in the 12th and 13th centuries
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French, from Picard form of Old French fablel, fableau, diminutive of fable fable entry 1
First Known Use
1804, in the meaning defined above