Rabelaisian adjective2 •Pertaining to the works or period of Rabelais.In Italy, as in Rabelaisian France, the carnival entered not only elite theatrical performance and engravings but also the printed word. — 2006 •Possessing a style of satirical humour characterized by exaggerated or grotesque characters and coarse jokes.The smiths themselves were a grand lot of fellows, full of a robust, and sometimes Rabelaisian sense of humour, and between "heats," they could be most entertaining. — 1945 formsmore Rabelaisian · most Rabelaisian