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Brewer's: Queen Quintessence
Sovereign of Etéléchie (q.v.), in the romance of Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Rabelais. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Queen RegnantQueen Passion A B C…Brewer's: Papimany
The country of the Papimans; the country subject to the Pope, or any priest-ridden country, as Spain. (Rabelais: Gargantua and Pantagruel, iv. 45.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…Brewer's: Gregorian Water
or Gringorian Water. Holy water; so called because Gregory I. was a most strenuous recommender of it. “In case they should happen to encounter with devils, by virtue of the Gringoriene…Brewer's: German Comb
The four fingers and thumb. “Se pygnoit du pygne d' Almaing” (Rabelais,) He combed his hair with his fingers. Oudin, in his Dictionnaire, explains pygne d' Aleman by “los dedos et la dita…Brewer's: Monkey's Money
I will pay you in monkey's money (“en monnaic de singe”)—in goods, in personal work, in mumbling and grimace. The French had a law that when a monkey passed the Petit Pont, of Paris, if it…Brewer's: Montrognon
(Baron of), Lord of Bourglastie, Tortebesse, and elsewhere. A huge mass of muscle, who existed only to eat and drink. He was a descendant of Esau on his father's side, and of Gargantua on…Brewer's: Renard
Une queue de renard. A mockery. At one time a common practical joke was to fasten a fox's tail behind a person against whom a laugh was designed. “Panurge never refrained from attaching a…Brewer's: Trouillogan's Advice
Do and do not; yes and no. When Pantagruel asked the philosopher Trouillogan whether Panurge should marry or not, the philosopher replied “Yes.” “What say you?” asked the prince. “What you…Brewer's: Nude
Rabelais wittily says that a person without clothing is dressed in “grey and cold” of a comical cut, being “nothing before, nothing behind, and sleeves of the same.” King Shrovetide,…Brewer's: Pacolet
A dwarf in the service of Lady Clerimond. He had a winged horse, which carried off Valentine, Orson, and Clerimond from the dungeon of Ferragus to the palace of King Pepin, and afterwards…Trending
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