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English
Etymology
From Bardolph + -ian.
Adjective
Bardolphian (comparative more Bardolphian, superlative most Bardolphian)
- Of or relating to Bardolph, an alcoholic thief in four of Shakespeare's plays, especially in having the red nose of a habitual drunkard.
1870, Frederic Swartwout Cozzens, Sayings, Wise and Otherwise, page 252:You intend to paint it red — a true Bardolphian nose!
1876, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Fanshawe, and other pieces, page 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.