Pantagruelism

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:47:38

Pan*tag"ru*el*ism (?), n. [From Pantagruel, one of the characters of Rabelais.]

1.

The theory or practice of the medical profession; -- used in burlesque or ridicule.

2.

An assumption of buffoonery to cover some serious purpose.

[R.]

Donaldson.

 

© Webster 1913.

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