Bobadil

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Bobadil

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

noun Bobadils · Bobadill

A swaggering boaster. But in a minute they came out again, apparently satisfied, and crowded down stairs; whereon the man behind the curtain laughed again, and swaggering out, Bobadil-like, shook his fist with furious gestures after them.

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@misc{bobadil_2026,
  title = {Bobadil},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bobadil},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}