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† burˈgullian nonce-wd. [According to Nares ‘Conjectured to be a term of contempt, invented upon the overthrow of the Bastard of Burgundy in a contest with Anthony Woodville, in Smithfield 1467’; but this, in absence of evidence, is very improbable.] A braggadocio, bully.
1598B. Jonson Ev. Man in Hum. iv. iv, Bobadill..that rogue, that foist, that fencing Burgullian? |