Definitions for fabliauˈfæb liˌoʊ; -liˌoʊz, -liˌoʊ
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
fab•li•auˈfæb liˌoʊ; -liˌoʊz, -liˌoʊ(n.)(pl.)-li•aux
a short metrical tale, usu. ribald and humorous, popular in medieval France.
Category: Prosody
Origin of fabliau:
1795–1805; < F; ONF form of OF fablel, fableau <fablefable
Wiktionary
fabliau(Noun)
The genre of short, farcical often coarse tales written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries.
Origin: fabliau, diminutive of fable
Webster Dictionary
Fabliau(noun)
one of the metrical tales of the Trouveres, or early poets of the north of France
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