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Pantagruelism

Study of a giantess, front and side, for an illustration from François Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel
Study of a giantess, front and side, for an illustration from François Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel
Illustrations
Sketchbook sheet with a study of two giants (Gargantua and Pantagruel) for an illustration from François Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel
Sketchbook sheet with a study of two giants (Gargantua and Pantagruel) for an illustration from François Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel
Caricature study of two men, half-length, for an illustration from François Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel
Caricature study of two men, half-length, for an illustration from François Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel
Studies of a group of drinking men for an illustration from François Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel
Studies of a group of drinking men for an illustration from François Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel
Study of a giant's face for an illustration from François Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel
Study of a giant's face for an illustration from François Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel
Scene from Pantagruel of Rabelais in which five men, Ponocrates, Panurge, Epistémon, Gymnaste and Frère Jean, walk arm in arm in Paris. According to the caption, they move their heads up and down and sing. Seen from behind and in old costumes, it is a strange company in which the monk stands out in particular. In the background to the right, the silhouette of the Nortre Dame stands out against the sky.
Scene from Pantagruel of Rabelais in which five men, Ponocrates, Panurge, Epistémon, Gymnaste and Frère Jean, walk arm in arm in Paris. According to the caption, they move their heads up and down and sing. Seen from behind and in old costumes, it is a strange company in which the monk stands out in particular. In the background to the right, the silhouette of the Nortre Dame stands out against the sky.
Baby Pantagruel, a child of giants, enters the hall with his crib still on his back, where his father Gargantus is having a meal with his friends. Illustration for François Rabalais' stories about Pantagruel and Gargantua. In the margin is a line of text in French, marked bottom right: L. II. Ch: 4.
Baby Pantagruel, a child of giants, enters the hall with his crib still on his back, where his father Gargantus is having a meal with his friends. Illustration for François Rabalais' stories about Pantagruel and Gargantua. In the margin is a line of text in French, marked bottom right: L. II. Ch: 4.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Pantagruelism
    An assumption of buffoonery to cover some serious purpose.
  2. Pantagruelism
    The theory or practice of the medical profession; -- used in burlesque or ridicule.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) pantagruelism
    The philosophy or methods ascribed to Pantagruel, one of the characters of Rabelais; the practice of dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humour.
  2. (n) pantagruelism
    A satirical or opprobrious term applied to the profession of medicine.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Pantagruelism
    pan-ta-grōō′el-izm the theories and practice of Pantagruel as described by Rabelais (1483-1553)—burlesque ironical buffoonery as a cover for serious satire: empirical medical theory and practice
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary From Pantagruel, one of the characters of Rabelais

Usage in literature

Panurge prayed Pantagruel to give him some more; but Pantagruel told him that to give words was the part of a lover. "Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete." by Francois Rabelais

And they come to a fantastic land of burlesque, such as Pantagruel's crew touched at many a time. "Letters on Literature" by Andrew Lang

Then Pantagruel and his company stole aboard a barque that Panurge had ready in the harbour. "Letters to Dead Authors" by Andrew Lang

But, darling, do you know the 'Pantagruel? "The Red Lily, Complete" by Anatole France

I must refer you to the great chronicle of Pantagruel for the knowledge of that genealogy and antiquity of race by which Gargantua is come unto us. "Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book I." by Francois Rabelais

Ah, poor Pantagruel, thou hast lost thy good mother, thy sweet nurse, thy well-beloved lady! "Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book II." by Francois Rabelais

How Pantagruel transported a colony of Utopians into Dipsody. "Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book III." by Francois Rabelais

Like his father, Pantagruel went to Paris to study. "The World's Greatest Books, Vol VII" by Various

Pantagruel is no longer uneasy. "A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times Volume IV. of VI." by Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot

BRIDLEGOOSE, JUDGE, a judge in Rabelais' "Pantagruel," who decided cases by the throw of dice. "The Nuttall Encyclopaedia" by Edited by Rev. James Wood