Relating to or characteristic of Bardolph; having the qualities of a drunkard or comic rogue.
From the proper name 'Bardolph' (a Shakespearean character) + '-ian' (an adjective-forming suffix). The '-ian' suffix comes from Latin and creates adjectives meaning 'of or relating to.'
Creating adjectives from proper names like 'Bardolphian' is how literary characters become permanent parts of our language—we can now describe anyone as 'Bardolphian' to mean humorously drunk and unreliable!
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