grammelot

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grammelot

/ˈɡræməlɒt/

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Unknown. Dario Fo claims a French origin, and it has been linked to grommeler (“to grumble”).

noun grammelots · gromalot

countable, uncountable A style of language used in satirical theater: a gibberish with macaronic and onomatopoeic elements, used in association with mime and mimicry. Actually, much of “Mistero Buffo” doesn't require translation and indeed is untranslatable: Mr. Fo speaks in “grammelot,” a kind of polyglot gabble speckled with an occasional intelligible word.

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@misc{grammelot_2026,
  title = {grammelot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grammelot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}