Definition of fabliau in English:

fabliau

nounPlural fabliaux ˈfablɪəʊˈfablēˌō

A metrical tale, typically a bawdily humorous one, of a type found chiefly in early French poetry.
one may dispute that the French fabliaux are pornographic
as modifier a distinctive feature of fabliau language
Example sentencesExamples
- Peasants form a large part in the parody and satire of medieval Europe from the fabliaux to plays.
- They tell tales ranging from courtly romances full of gallant knights and maidens-in-distress to rude fabliaux telling of the perils of drink, fighting and lust!
- ‘The Reeve's Tale’ is a fabliau about two clerks who are robbed by a miller of some of the meal which they take to his mill to be ground, and who take their vengeance by sleeping with the miller's wife and daughter.
- Fabliaux were comical and often grotesque stories in which the characters most often succeed by means of their sharp wits.
- Fabliaux were characterized by vivid detail and realistic observation and were usually comic, coarse, and often cynical, especially in their treatment of women.

Origin

From Old French (Picard dialect) fabliaux, plural of fablel 'short fable', diminutive of fable.

Definition of fabliau in US English:

fabliau

nounˈfablēˌō

A metrical tale, typically a bawdily humorous one, of a type found chiefly in early French poetry.
one may dispute that the French fabliaux are pornographic
as modifier a distinctive feature of fabliau language
Example sentencesExamples
- Peasants form a large part in the parody and satire of medieval Europe from the fabliaux to plays.
- Fabliaux were comical and often grotesque stories in which the characters most often succeed by means of their sharp wits.
- ‘The Reeve's Tale’ is a fabliau about two clerks who are robbed by a miller of some of the meal which they take to his mill to be ground, and who take their vengeance by sleeping with the miller's wife and daughter.
- They tell tales ranging from courtly romances full of gallant knights and maidens-in-distress to rude fabliaux telling of the perils of drink, fighting and lust!
- Fabliaux were characterized by vivid detail and realistic observation and were usually comic, coarse, and often cynical, especially in their treatment of women.

Origin

From Old French ( Picard dialect) fabliaux, plural of fablel ‘short fable’, diminutive of fable.

单词	fabliau
释义	Definition of fabliau in English: fabliau nounPlural fabliaux ˈfablɪəʊˈfablēˌō A metrical tale, typically a bawdily humorous one, of a type found chiefly in early French poetry. one may dispute that the French fabliaux are pornographic as modifier a distinctive feature of fabliau language Example sentencesExamples Peasants form a large part in the parody and satire of medieval Europe from the fabliaux to plays. They tell tales ranging from courtly romances full of gallant knights and maidens-in-distress to rude fabliaux telling of the perils of drink, fighting and lust! ‘The Reeve's Tale’ is a fabliau about two clerks who are robbed by a miller of some of the meal which they take to his mill to be ground, and who take their vengeance by sleeping with the miller's wife and daughter. Fabliaux were comical and often grotesque stories in which the characters most often succeed by means of their sharp wits. Fabliaux were characterized by vivid detail and realistic observation and were usually comic, coarse, and often cynical, especially in their treatment of women. Origin From Old French (Picard dialect) fabliaux, plural of fablel 'short fable', diminutive of fable. Definition of fabliau in US English: fabliau nounˈfablēˌō A metrical tale, typically a bawdily humorous one, of a type found chiefly in early French poetry. one may dispute that the French fabliaux are pornographic as modifier a distinctive feature of fabliau language Example sentencesExamples Peasants form a large part in the parody and satire of medieval Europe from the fabliaux to plays. Fabliaux were comical and often grotesque stories in which the characters most often succeed by means of their sharp wits. ‘The Reeve's Tale’ is a fabliau about two clerks who are robbed by a miller of some of the meal which they take to his mill to be ground, and who take their vengeance by sleeping with the miller's wife and daughter. They tell tales ranging from courtly romances full of gallant knights and maidens-in-distress to rude fabliaux telling of the perils of drink, fighting and lust! Fabliaux were characterized by vivid detail and realistic observation and were usually comic, coarse, and often cynical, especially in their treatment of women. Origin From Old French ( Picard dialect) fabliaux, plural of fablel ‘short fable’, diminutive of fable.
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