Falstaffian

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Etymology

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From Falstaff +‎ -ian.

Adjective

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Falstaffian (comparative more Falstaffian, superlative most Falstaffian)

  1. Having the traits of the comic character Falstaff: especially, corpulent and jolly.
    • 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 364:
      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.
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