Falstaffian

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the traits of the comic character Falstaff: especially, corpulent and jolly.

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or resembling Falstaff wordnet

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"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."

Etymology

From Falstaff + -ian.

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