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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ecclesiastical history, a name given to the members of a French sect of about the fourteenth century, which held views very similar to those of the Brethren of the Free Spirit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Fr. Eccl. Hist.) One of the precursors of the Reformation; -- a nickname corresponding to
Lollard , etc.
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So saith a turlupin or a new start-up grub of my books, but a turd for him.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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So saith a turlupin or a new start-up grub of my books, but a turd for him.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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So saith a turlupin or a new start-up grub of my books, but a turd for him.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
madmouth commented on the word turlupin
thefreedictionary says:
One of the precursors of the Reformation; - a nickname corresponding to Lollard, etc.
it is supposed to connote a heretic
April 28, 2009