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fabliau
fab·li·au
/
ˈfæb
liˌoʊ;
French
fa
bliˈoʊ
/
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[
fab
-lee-oh;
French
f
a
-blee-
oh
]
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noun,
plural
fab·li·aux
/
ˈfæb
liˌoʊz
;
French
fa
bliˈoʊ
/
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[
fab
-lee-ohz
;
French
f
a
-blee-
oh
]
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.
a short metrical tale, usually ribald and humorous, popular in medieval France.
Origin:
1795–1805;
<
French;
Old North French
form of
Old French
fablel, fableau,
equivalent to
fable
fable
+
-el
diminutive suffix; see
-elle
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fabliau
(ˈfæblɪˌəʊ,
French
fɑblijo)
—
n
,
pl
fabliaux
a comic usually ribald verse tale, of a kind popular in France in the 12th and 13th centuries
[C19: from French: a little tale, from
fable
tale]
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