English Explanatory Dictionary

Bobadil

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A swaggering boaster.

Word forms

Bobadil Bobadils Bobadill

Etymology

Name of such a character in Ben Jonson's 1598 play Every Man in his Humour.

Derived words

Bobadilian Bobadilish Bobadilism
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