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Falstaffian
Variant of Falstaff
Falstaff
definition
Fal·staff (fôl′staf′)
noun
Falstaff,
Sir John in Shakespeare's Henry IV and The Merry Wives of Windsor, a fat, witty, boastful knight, convivial but dissolute
Related Forms:
- Falstaffian Fal·staff′·ian adjective
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