The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pantagruelism
Pantagruelism \Pan*tag"ru*el*ism\, n. [From Pantagruel, one of the characters of Rabelais.]
The theory or practice of the medical profession; -- used in burlesque or ridicule.
An assumption of buffoonery to cover some serious purpose. [R.]
--Donaldson.
Wiktionary
pantagruelism
alt. comedy that has an underlying serious purpose; a form of satire n. comedy that has an underlying serious purpose; a form of satire