Falstaffian

adjective

Fal·​staff·​ian (ˈ)fȯlz¦tafēən 

-l¦st-, 

-taaf-, 

-taif-, 

-tȧf-

1

: resembling the fat, jovial, humorous, dissolute Shakespearean character Sir John Falstaff

a Falstaffian figure, fantastically overfed and fat

—C. G. Bowers

: like that of Sir John Falstaff

the romanticism of Brahmin culture with all Falstaffian vulgarity deleted

—V. L. Parrington

2

: resembling the ragged regiment raised by Sir John Falstaff

Word History

Etymology

Sir John Falstaff, character in Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV + English -ian

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