Chaucer's The Tale of Sir Thopas

Author / Editor
Cullen, Dolores L.

Title
Chaucer's The Tale of Sir Thopas

Published
Explicator 32.5 (1974): Item 35.

Description
Observes sexual associations of the names "Thopas" and "Olifaunt" and in this light glosses "drasty" (7.923 and 930) as "filthy."

Chaucer Subjects
Tale of Sir Thopas
Language and Word Studies