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falstaffian

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Fal⋅staff⋅i⋅an

  [fawl-staf-ee-uhn]
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–adjective
of, pertaining to, or having the qualities of Falstaff, esp. his robust, bawdy humor, good-natured rascality, and brazen braggadocio: Falstaffian wit.
Origin:
1800–10; Falstaff + -ian
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Fal·staff·i·an   (fôl-stāf'ē-ən)   
adj.  Characterized by joviality and conviviality.

[After Sir John Falstaff, a character in Henry IV, Parts I and II, and The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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