Goûter, Lunch (usually in the aftemoon, between

the noon and night meal).

6. Gfrandgousier, A character in Rabelais' satirical work, ''Gargantua and Pantagruel" (cf. n. p. 24, 1. 16). He is an amiable giant of robust appetite, and, as the name signifies (grand gosier) , a partican of copions good cheer well washed down. Genealogically, he is the f&ther pf the

Pftfe. Une.

first named above and gi-andfather of the second. The mild paternalism of his rule may be indicated by the folio wing passage (B'k I, ch. IV, last par.) describing the habits of his ''bons sujets": "Après dlsner (=dîner), tous allèrent pesle mesle (=pèle-mêle) à la Saul^aie (=8aulaie, saussaie, = lieu planté de saules, et par extension, d*arbres quelconques — cf. ex. p. 147, 1. 9) , et là, sus (=sur) l'herbe drue, danseront au son des joyeux flageollets et douces cornemuses tant (=si) baudement (cf. note) que c'est passe-temps céleste les voir ainsi soy rigoUer (=se divertir)".