Rabelasian

Now more than ever, good work has a chance of rising above the Rabelasian crowd, regardless of whether or not its author has the right pedigree, whether that be the choicest MFA or the ethnic flavor of the month.

The Nervous Breakdown 2010

Although scatological, it's not at Rabelasian levels, suggesting some optimism remains.

Information, Culture, Policy, Education: America's economy peers into the abyss, and dark metaphors gaze right back 2008

Although scatological, it's not at Rabelasian levels, suggesting some optimism remains.

Information, Culture, Policy, Education: 2008

Bacchus, and the remainder of the day they surrendered to clinking glasses, converse, Rabelasian tales, and flirting with the gay

Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900

Nothing like a pint-sized Rabelasian dynamo who can mine humor even from the Last Supper, the Spanish Inquisition, the French Revolution and the Third Reich to help you put your own troubles in perspective.

The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines 2009

The Egg of the Glak "is rambling and Rabelasian, writing chock-full of mental cholesterol, fattening and filling and altogether as hearty as thick gumbo on a cold winter's night.

Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1991

The Egg of the Glak "is rambling and Rabelasian, writing chock-full of mental cholesterol, fattening and filling and altogether as hearty as thick gumbo on a cold winter's night.

Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1991