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Parolles (3 syl.). A man of vain words, who dubs himself captain, pretends to knowledge which he has
not, and to sentiments he never feels. (French, paroles, a creature of empty words.) (Shakespeare: All's
Well that Ends Well.) I know him a notorious liar,He was a mere Parolles in a pedagogue's wig. A pretender, a man of words, and a pedant. The allusion is to the bragging, faithless, slandering villain mentioned above. Rust, sword; cool, blushes; and, Parolles, live |
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