Falstaffian
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Falstaffian
Example Sentences
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Memorable figures include the town barber and perpetual bachelor, Jayber Crow, and the Falstaffian 300-pound farmer Ptolemy Proudfoot, who lives happily with his diminutive wife, Miss Minnie.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
For a performer who was so comfortably Falstaffian, Gambon was remarkably supple in his emotional range, moving from tyrannical to tender with breathtaking ease.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2023
Was this what led Hector to prowl all over Washington, drowning his sorrows in canine revelry, or did Hector’s Falstaffian excesses force Mrs. Cleveland’s hand?
From Slate • Jan. 31, 2021
Even flat on his back, he cut a shockingly large, Falstaffian figure.
From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2019
The amiable fustian, the Falstaffian bombast of Lucan and Ovid's brilliant imagination, all stamp their indelible seal upon the vivid coloring of Livy, the somewhat affected severity of Sallust, and the elegant morality of Tacitus.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 by Various
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