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Falstaffian

Falstaffian adjective: having the traits of the comic character Falstaff: especially, corpulent and jolly.

Adjective

Falstaffian (comparative more Falstaffian, superlative most Falstaffian)

  1. Having the traits of the comic character Falstaff: especially, corpulent and jolly.
    • In battle, he self-deprecatingly recorded his own Falstaffian flight – 'fleeing is also an act of courage' – and probably the most 'strange and comic' scatological scene in military history.2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 364

Forms of Falstaffian

comparativemore Falstaffian
superlativemost Falstaffian

Origin of Falstaffian

From Falstaff + -ian.

Questions about Falstaffian

What does Falstaffian mean?
Falstaffian means having the traits of the comic character Falstaff: especially, corpulent and jolly.
What part of speech is Falstaffian?
Falstaffian is an adjective.

Words near Falstaffian in the dictionary

  1. falsism
  2. falsisms
  3. falsities
  4. falsity
  5. Falstaff
  6. Falstaffian
  7. Falstaffs
  8. falstatin
  9. falstatins
  10. Falster
  11. Falsterbo

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