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fabliau

Syllabification: (fab·li·au)
Pronunciation: /ˈfablēˌō/

Definition of fabliau

noun (plural fabliaux /-ˌōz/)

  • a metrical tale, typically a bawdily humorous one, of a type found chiefly in early French poetry.

Origin:

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

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