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pantagruelism

pantagruelism is the alternative form of Pantagruelism.

Noun capitalized: Pantagruelism

Pantagruelism (uncountable)

  1. burlesque comedy that has an underlying serious purpose; a form of satire

Forms of pantagruelism

alternative formpantagruelism

Origin of pantagruelism

Eponym from French character in the novel Gargantua and Pantagruel, + -ism.

Questions about pantagruelism

What does pantagruelism mean?
Pantagruelism means burlesque comedy that has an underlying serious purpose; a form of satire.
What is pantagruelism the alternative form of?
Pantagruelism is the alternative form of Pantagruelism.
What part of speech is pantagruelism?
Pantagruelism is a noun.

Words near pantagruelism in the dictionary

  1. pantagruelian
  2. pantagruelianly
  3. pantagruelic
  4. pantagruelically
  5. Pantagrueline
  6. pantagruelism
  7. Pantagruelist
  8. Pantagruelistic
  9. Pantagruelists
  10. Pantalan
  11. Pantalan Cabugcabug

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pantagruelism (page history and authors); Pantagruelism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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