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Fal·staff | \ ˈfȯl-ˌstaf 
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\Definition of Falstaff
: a fat, convivial, roguish character in Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV
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Falstaffian \ fȯl-ˈsta-fē-ən \ adjective
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The first known use of Falstaff was in 1596
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