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Falstaffian

[fawl-staf-ee-uhn]

adjective

of, pertaining to, or having the qualities of Falstaff, especially his robust, bawdy humor, good-natured rascality, and brazen braggadocio: Falstaffian wit.

Origin:
1800–10; Falstaff + -ian

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Falstaffian (fɔːlˈstɑːfɪən)

—*adj*
	jovial, plump, and dissolute

[C19: after Sir John Falstaff, a character in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Parts I--II (1597)]

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