Meaning of Bardolphian | Babel Free

Definitions

Of or relating to Bardolph, an alcoholic thief in four of Shakespeare's plays, especially in having the red nose of a habitual drunkard.

Examples

“You intend to paint it red — a true Bardolphian nose!”

“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.”

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