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Word: Fabliau
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
from Old French (Picard dialect) fabliaux, plural of fablel ‘short fable’, diminutive of fable
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈfablɪəʊ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a metrical tale, typically a bawdily humorous one, of a type found chiefly in early French poetry
Short Definition:metrical tale of type found chiefly in early French poetry
Examples:- one may dispute that the French fabliaux are pornographic
- a distinctive feature of fabliau language
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