fabliau

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: fab=li=au

CIDE DICTIONARY

fabliau, n. [F., fr. OF.fablel, dim. of fable a fable.].

 One of the metrical tales of the Trouvères, or early poets of the north of France.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fabliau, n. (pl. fabliaux) a metrical tale in early French poetry, often coarsely humorous.

Etymology

F f. OF dialect fabliaux, -ax pl. of fablel dimin. (as FABLE)