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Falstaffian
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English
John Falstaff
Etymology
en :af Falstaff -ian + 1
Adjective
Having the traits of the comic character Falstaff: especially, corpulent and jolly.
en 2011 Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East Simon Sebag Montefiore 364 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.
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