Rabelaisian vs Bawdy - What's the difference?
rabelaisian | bawdy |
Pertaining to the works or period of .
* 2006 , Todd P. Olson, "The Street Has Its Masters: Caravaggio and the Socially Maerginal", in Genevieve Warwick (ed.), Caravaggio: Realism, Rebellion, Reception , page 72
Possessing a style of satirical humour characterized by exaggerated or grotesque characters and coarse jokes.
* 1889 , William George Aston, A History of Japanese Literature , Book VI, chapter VII, page 343.
(obsolete) Soiled, dirty.
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*:whanne he had ouertaken the damoysel / anone she sayd what dost thow here / thou stynkest al of the kechyn / thy clothes ben bawdy of the greece and talowe that thou gaynest in kyng Arthurs kechyn
Obscene; filthy; unchaste.
(of language) Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude.
rabelaisian
English
Alternative forms
* RabelaisanAdjective
(en adjective)- In Italy, as in Rabelaisian France, the carnival entered not only elite theatrical performance and engravings but also the printed word.
- For although of unexceptionable morality, and addressed virginibus puerisque , the stories and illustrations with which this and others of these collections abound are frequently of a very Rabelaisian character.
