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Bardolphian, a.|bɑːˈdɒlfɪən|
[f. Bardolph (see below) + -ian.]
Resembling or characteristic of Bardolph, a character in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Henry V, and Merry Wives of Windsor, noted for his red nose.
1756W. Toldervy Hist. 2 Orphans I. x. 81 The tears very seasonably rolled over his Bardolphian cheeks. Ibid. IV. xxiv. 134 His Bardolphian nose. 1827J. Wight More Mornings at Bow St. 19 His face did bear certain Bardolphian tokens of late hours, and ‘healths five fathoms deep’. 1899Manch. Guardian 22 June 8/2 We do not agree with those who think that M. Coquelin has made too much of his nose [in ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’]. It is not Bardolphian or acquired. 1950G. Wilson Brave Comp. iii. 30 That red face and large, pitted Bardolphian nose. |