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Repetilov
also: Репетилов
The garrulous, self-important minor character in Griboyedov's verse comedy Woe from Wit -- a chronic name-dropper and failure who talks grandly of causes he never advances. The narrator briefly likens the flamboyantly dressed Rublev to him on first sight, a comparison withdrawn once Rublev's genuinely haggard, feverish face comes into view.