Fabliau Definition

făblē-ō
fabliaux
noun
In medieval literature, esp. French and English literature, a short story in verse telling comic incidents of ordinary life, usually with earthy realism.
Webster's New World

The genre of short, farcical often coarse tales written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries.

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Other Word Forms of Fabliau

Noun

Singular:
fabliau
Plural:
fabliaux

Origin of Fabliau

  • French from Old North French from Old French fablel diminutive of fable fable fable

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French fabliau, diminutive of fable

    From Wiktionary

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