BOBADIL NOUN a blustering braggart who pretends to prowess; a swaggering boaster ...1771 ETYMOLOGY from the the name of Bobadil, a boastful character in Ben Jonson's Every Man in his Humor FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1771 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Stay, stay, my good Bobadil, I have not done with you yet; let me just hint to you, that you have no more title to sense and understanding, than you have to real spirit and courage..." From: Newmarket: Or, An Essay on the Turf: Containing, Amongst Other Grave and Weighty Matters, a Parallel ... between Newmarket Races, and the Olympic Games... By Philip Parsons
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