Falstaffian

• “Swearing is now pretty rare (I swear to God!), though it used to be more common (in Falstaffian oaths such as ’Sblood! — “by God’s blood” — or Zounds! — “by God’s wounds”).”

  Letters to the Editor

• “Toby is an impecunious relative of Olivia's and a kind of Falstaffian moocher whose continued presence in the house is a drain on Olivia's patience and her pocketbook.”

  Shakespeare

• “To be "Falstaffian" is to delight in excess: a Falstaffian night out is more likely a stag party or a booze-up after a big football victory than an elegant soirée.”

  Evening Standard - Home

• “They bicker constantly, Clemen's Falstaffian appetites and uncontrollable bodily urges clashing with the priggishness and military discipline of Jimmy, a former air-force officer, and their ill-tempered dialogues are often hilarious.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Adios, Warlock

• “His eyes sparkling with humour, intelligence, and mischief, he was a man of Falstaffian charm and love of life who adored Henry and Alex.”

  Simon & Schuster: Henry’s Demons

• “Members assimilated in hearty courtesy of a Falstaffian Bard's birthday take a break of final Apr hosted by Messrs. Friedman, Madeira, as good as Pope.”

  Archive 2009-11-01

• “The Enquirer had spent weeks shadowing Edwards' Falstaffian aide Andrew Young and Rielle Hunter in a North Carolina gated community before finally publishing the story that she was pregnant with the candidate's baby.”

  The Huffington Post: Technology Psychology: The Never-Before-Revealed Details of Why John Edwards Finally Confessed to His Affair

• “He is clearly a man of large appetites and enthusiasms; God gave him his towering height, but his Falstaffian girth is presumably his own accomplishment.”

  The Wall Street Journal: In the Domain of the Earth Mother of Burgundy

• “He was a genuinely Falstaffian figure, beloved of all students and staff.”

  The Earth Goddess

• “Jez Butterworth's new drama Jerusalem gives Rylance a number of hilarious, gripping monologues and he makes the most of them, beguiling and charming and dazzling us with Falstaffian ease.”

  The Huffington Post: Michael Giltz: Theater: Saint Rylance Of "Jerusalem"

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