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Falstaffian, a.|fɒlˈstæfɪən|
[See -ian.]
Characteristic of or resembling Falstaff, a fat, humorous, jovial knight in Shakes. Hen. IV, Hen. V, and Merry Wives. Also, resembling the ‘ragged regiment’ recruited by Falstaff (Hen. IV, iii. ii).
1808R. K. Porter Trav. Sk. Russ. & Swed. (1813) I. i. 12 Clothing is issued to them [the Danish soldiery] once in three years; and..you can easily imagine what a Falstaffian array they are in by the time their new wardrobe comes round. 1856Olmsted Slave States 411 Wrapped up to a Falstaffian rotundity in flannels and furs. 1880Harper's Mag. LX. 676 He unwillingly tramped into Santa Fe at the head of his Falstaffian band. |