Bardolphian

English Etymology From en Bardolph ian. Adjective Of or relating to Bardolph (Shakespeare character) Bardolph, an alcoholic thief in four of Shakespeare's plays, especially in having the red nose of a habitual drunkard. en 1870 Frederic Swartwout Cozzens Sayings, Wise and Otherwise 252 You intend to paint it red — a true Bardolphian nose! en 1876 Nathaniel Hawthorne Fanshawe, and other pieces 50 His cheeks were plump and sanguine; his eyes bright and cheerful; and the tip of his nose glowed with a Bardolphian fire, a flame, indeed, which Hugh was so far a vestal as to supply with its necessary fuel at all some seasons of the year. en eponyms en William Shakespeare