English
Etymology
Coined in translation of w:François Rabelais|Rabelais' works, derived from the obsolete French metagrabouliser, to mystify.

Noun
metagrobolism (mass noun)

1. concealment|Concealment, mystification, obfuscation. facetious|Facetious.

#:Quotations
#:*1653: [A]ll the autonomatic metagrobolism of the Romish Church, when tottering and emblustricated with the gibble-gabble gibberish of this odious error and heresy, is homocentrically poised. — François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel

Derived terms
metagrobolize

• 2005-07-16 04:45 - Ptomato - ''metagrobologist'' is probably a protologism

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