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Quotation from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

“for Trinc is a panomphean word, that is, a word understood, used and celebrated by all nations, and signifies drink.”

François Rabelais (spoken by Bacbuc)

Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book V, Chapter XLV, trans. Peter Motteux

Portrait of François Rabelais

The priestess explains the one-word answer of the Holy Bottle to Panurge at the end of the quest.

Citation: "for Trinc is a panomphean word, that is, a word understood, used and celebrated by all nations, and signifies drink." — François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book V, Chapter XLV, trans. Peter Motteux. (id rabelais-gargantua-and-pantagruel-q7)

Portrait: Francois Rabelais - Portrait, anonymous / Unidentified painter, Public domain.

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