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Bobadil
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English
Alternative forms
en Bobadill
Etymology
Name of such a character in Ben Jonson's 1598 play Every Man in his Humour.
Noun
A swaggering boaster.
en 1897 Stanley John Weyman XII Shrewsbury But in a minute they came out again, apparently satisfied, and crowded down stairs; whereon the man behind the curtain laughed again, and swaggering out, Bobadil-like, shook his fist with furious gestures after them.
Derived terms
en Bobadilian
en Bobadilish
en Bobadilism
en eponyms