Gerveys Joins the Fun: A Note on 'Viritoot' in the Miller's Tale

Author / Editor
Ortego, James.

Title
Gerveys Joins the Fun: A Note on 'Viritoot' in the Miller's Tale

Published
Chaucer Review 37: 275-79, 2003.

Description
In MilT, "viritoot" can best be deciphered as a slang pun on "virtutis," ridiculing Absolon's manhood

Chaucer Subjects
Miller and His Tale.