Etymology

fabliau

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Today it means: A short, farcical, often bawdy tale of a genre written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries. Full definition →

Old French fabliau
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  1. Old French · learned borrowing fromfabliau
  2. English todayfabliau

Learned borrowing from Old French fabliau, diminutive of fable.

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