Falstaffian
/fɔːlˈstɑːfɪən
/ /fɒlˈstɑːfɪən/adjective
Relating to or resembling Shakespeare’s character Sir John Falstaff in being fat, jolly, and debauched: a Falstaffian gusto for life...
- He is a man of Falstaffian appetites, Machiavellian instincts, and Svengali-like charms.
- And between fights he blows up like a balloon, and his waist takes on Falstaffian dimensions.
- I'm sure that ordinarily he was brimming with the milk of human kindness, full of Falstaffian mirth, a man with nothing but the deepest appreciation for the circle of life, etc.
Rhymes
- byroad
- Byron, George Gordon
- Byronic
- by-rote
- by rule
- by sea
- byssal
- byssinosis
- byssus
- bystander
- bystreet
- byte
- by the book
- by the bye
- by the by (or bye)
- by the day
- by the dozen
- by the grace of God
- by the gross
- by the head
- by the minute
- by themselves
- by the numbers
- by the same (or that or this) token
- by the same token