Rigdum Funnidos
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Rigdum Funnidos
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Rigdum Funnidos is a character in Henry Carey's Chrononhotonthologos (1734). Rigdum Funnidos is the comically plain-spoken contrast to the bombastic Aldiborontiphoscophornio. Both are courtiers, but whereas Aldiborontiphoscophornio might explain, when asked who Somnus is, Rigdum Funnidos responds, Rigdum is both a Sancho Panza to the absurd Aldiborontiphoscophornio and a figure of the "Plain Dealer". It is also Sir Walter Scott's nickname for John Ballantyne. Scott's epithet was a compliment. Co
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