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FLAPADOSHA a) loose, flapping b) conceited, arrogant c) slightly intoxicated d) showy, eccentric Answer below. Today's Featured Word: BOBADILIAN ADJ. blustering, boasting, swaggering ...1803 ETYMOLOGY from Bobadil, the name of a thrasonical character in Ben Jonson's Every Man in His Humour, used to designate a blustering braggart who pretends to prowess FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1803 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...The Bobadilian independence is often accompanied by Bobadilian terrors." From: The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature Art. XII - Leopold; or, the Bastard By: Tobias Smollett, 1803 Daily Word Quiz Answer FLAPADOSHA d) showy, eccentric ...19C Eng. dial.
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