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Date "BOBADIL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1777. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Bobadil A military braggart of the first water. Captain Bobadil is a character in Ben Jonson's comedy of Every Man in his Humour. This name was probably suggested by Bobadilla, first governor of Cuba, who sent Columbus home in chains. (See Vincent .) "Bobadil is the author's best invention, and is worthy to march in the same regiment with Bessus and Pistol, Parolles, and the Copper Captain" (q.v.).- B. W. Procter. See all these names in their proper places. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Blusterer | Noun: blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, roisterer, brawler; fanfaron; braggart; (boaster); bully, terrorist, rough; bulldozer, hoodlum, hooligan, larrikin, roarer; Mohock, Mohawk; drawcansir, swashbuckler, Captain Bobadil, Sir Lucius O'Trigger, Thraso, Pistol, Parolles, Bombastes Furioso, Hector, Chrononhotonthologos; jingo; desperado, dare-devil, fire eater; fury; (violent person); rowdy; slang-whanger, tough. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: BOBADIL |
| Specialty definitions using "BOBADIL": Bed-post, Bessus ♦ Matamore. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "BOBADIL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Swedish | skrävlare (bladder, blusterer, boaster, braggart, loudmouth, swashbuckler). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-b-d-i-l-o" | |
-1 letter: bilboa. | |
-2 letters: aboil, bilbo, dobla. | |
-3 letters: bail, bald, blab, blob, boil, bola, bold, dial, diol, idol, laid, lido, load, obia. | |
-4 letters: abo, ado, aid, ail, alb, bad, bal, bib, bid, bio, boa, bob, bod, dab, dal, dib, dol, lab, lad, lib, lid, lob, obi, oil, old. | |
-5 letters: ab, ad, ai, al, ba, bi, bo, do. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-b-d-i-l-o" | |
+2 letters: billboard, bobtailed. | |
+3 letters: billboards, mailbombed. | |
+4 letters: billboarded, blackbodies, boatbuilder, obnubilated. | |
+5 letters: billboarding, boatbuilders, boatbuilding. | |
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