English Explanatory Dictionary

fabliau

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A short, farcical, often bawdy tale of a genre written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries.

Word forms

fabliau fabliaux

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old French fabliau, diminutive of fable.

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