Falstaffian

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adjective

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

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Meanings

adjectiveFalstaffian (comparative more Falstaffian, superlative most Falstaffian)

comparative more Falstaffian · superlative most Falstaffian

  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.

    2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 364

Origin

From Falstaff + -ian.

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APA

Falstaffian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Falstaffian

MLA

“Falstaffian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Falstaffian. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Falstaffian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Falstaffian.

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