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Bobadil

Bobadil noun: a swaggering boaster.

Noun

Bobadil (plural Bobadils)

  1. A swaggering boaster.
    • But in a minute they came out again, apparently satisfied, and crowded down stairs; whereon the man behind the curtain laughed again, and swaggering out, Bobadil-like, shook his fist with furious gestures after them.1897, Stanley John Weyman, chapter XII, in Shrewsbury

Forms of Bobadil

pluralBobadils
alternative formBobadill

Origin of Bobadil

Name of such a character in Ben Jonson's 1598 play Every Man in his Humour.

Words formed from Bobadil

Questions about Bobadil

What does Bobadil mean?
Bobadil means a swaggering boaster.
What part of speech is Bobadil?
Bobadil is a noun.
What is the plural of Bobadil?
The plural of Bobadil is Bobadils.

Words near Bobadil in the dictionary

  1. bobac
  2. bobachee
  3. bobachees
  4. bobacs
  5. Bobadah
  6. Bobadil
  7. Bobadilian
  8. Bobadilish
  9. Bobadilism
  10. Bobadill
  11. Bobadilla

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