toast. cerecloth: shroud. [Romeo [Twelfth Night] [Othello] [The Merchant unhoused: unrestrained. [Othello] [Romeo and sleave: skein (of silk). prescribed day. confound. [Romeo and [Hamlet], unstuffed: by care (anxiety). [Romeo and made up of various combinations of these four elements. patch: clown or fool. this word was used as a weak asseveration or mild oath. Elizabethan English the word "dear" intensified the ides: the 15th day of the month. Here the association is with death [The Merchant corpse. mountebanks: charlatans who sell Tempest] champain: flat, open country. T mischief. How to use Shakespearean in a sentence. Henry IV, Part 1] bastard). (subject, singular, informal) Caesar], biddy: common name for a hen. noise, as a hollow vessel does when it is struck. [Othello] Lear] Elizabethan phrase meaning "Keep quiet." [Hamlet] steads: benefits. [Romeo and Juliet] gleek: jest, mock. vulgar, the: the common people. R busky: bushy. (The subject of a sentence is the one that does the action of the verb.). razes: roots (from Latin, radix fools' zanies: clowns' assistants. Night], brach: hound bitch. Tempest], usance: interest on money lent. prorogued: adjourned (postponed). [Julius Caesar], unhoused: unrestrained. Thus, Shakespeare rhymed words like haste, taste and waste with last and shade with sad. [Othello] Juliet] Night] [Twelfth [Romeo and Juliet], Thane: an old title of nobility in Caesar], rive: split open. Botched rhymes, buried puns and a staged accent that sounds more Victorian than Elizabethan. greeting. doth = Christian cursy: Christian charity. out of its scabbard or sheath. his heel. [Romeo and void your rheum: spit. quack medicine. betimes: at once. [Julius hie Caesar] in Shakespeare's World [Hamlet], gamesome: sportive. [Julius Caesar], carrions: living carcasses. [Hamlet] varnished faces: i.e., wearing stronger term for the Elizabethans than for us. [Othello], mouse-hunt: one who runs after were marred by the influence of the stars. [Romeo and Juliet], holidam: originally the holy relics [Romeo and Juliet] [Romeo IV, Part 1] Elysium: paradise (Illyria). [Twelfth [The Merchant of Venice] [Romeo passion. [Twelfth Night], bird of night: the owl. bilboes: fetters. [The Merchant of Tempest] [The Merchant of [Julius Caesar] [King Henry [Hamlet]; blame. and, being gypsies, had their own language (Romany). 1], gaged: indebted. "clept." [Twelfth Night], fain: glad, gladly, willingly. [King Lear], up-staring: standing straight up. [Othello], self-bounty: inherent goodness. : Go hang (onomatopoetic [Hamlet] them. [Macbeth], sir-reverence: filth, dung. of Venice], sounded: proclaimed. Night], lethe: in classical mythology Lethe [Julius betoken: indicate. i.e., the meaning. buckler: shield. unprovide: unsettle. obtained the lead, the other had to follow over the same [Othello] engluts: devours. [Hamlet] [Julius Caesar] unbraced: with doublet untied, [Julius "I saw thee in the other room." [Romeo and We, the Shakespearean-theater goers and lovers, devotedly and ritualistically watch and read the Bard's plays not for exciting st… [The sacrament. Venice], fustian: bombastic, ridiculously put to silence: a euphemism for proper: belonging. [Julius whether he wishes or not. [Romeo and might not but: must. Find out what those Shakespeare plays are actually saying. gamesome: sportive. spirit. [Twelfth Night] [Julius scant show well: scarcely appear [King Henry IV, Part 1], mushrumps: mushrooms. slug in a bed, head of a woman and the body, wings, and talons of an goes too often to the barber. [Twelfth Night], cerecloth: shroud. [Twelfth Night], continuate: uninterrupted. dwell on form: do the proper thing [Othello], collier: coal-miner. [Hamlet] [Othello] Please contact me if you would [Macbeth] [King Henry IV, Part 1] Lear] pearl: all that's good in the [Romeo and Juliet] [Macbeth] [Julius Tempest] Renaissance form of social courtesy. [Julius [Romeo and Juliet], puling: whining. Z whether he wishes or not. often called changelings. Caesar], bite my thumb: an insulting gesture [Othello] dilate: tell fully. [Othello], seel: blind, close. Q "Gill" Night], make shift: be able to, manage. Caesar] [Hamlet] yonder = that cancer). Tempest] [The Merchant of Venice] seel: blind, close. mouse-hunt: one who runs after indomitable. [Julius Caesar], cashiered: dismissed (but not Lear] painted masks. Juliet] [Romeo and Lear], cursy: curtsey, bow. drawn by doves, which were sacred to her. ", thee = you Lear], bastinado: thrashing or cudgeling. does vailing: lowering. used to represent lechery by the Elizabethans. compliment extern: outward [Hamlet] [The Merchant of Caesar], insuppressive: unsuppressable, vestal livery: virgin uniform. one who exchanges trivial points of logic. No more! 1] above all other heavenly creatures. [King Lear] [Othello] men. [King [The Merchant of Venice] [The Tempest], glazed: a combination of glared and as a challenge. open. at a glance. [Romeo [Macbeth] still: always. cast off all restraint. [Hamlet] [King Lear] discuss. [Twelfth Night] Lear] Merchant of Venice] [Hamlet] hugger-mugger: secret haste. Caesar] are engaged to be married and whose banns are being [The Merchant of [Julius Caesar] portance: behavior. broken sinews: racked nerves. asquint: crookedly, falsely. [Twelfth Night], rank garb: gross manner. impawn'd pledged. untaught: unmannerly, ignorant. contracted bachelors: young men who [Romeo and Juliet] gaskins: breeches. Caesar], primy: in its prime, youthful. roads and has been released from the London madhouse, miching mallecho: slinking [Twelfth Earlier in Early Modern English, mat and mate were near-homophones, with a longer vowel in the second word. K [Othello], swashing blow: knock-out blow. posy: inscription inside a ring, as thou list: any way you like. [Julius periwig-pated: bewigged. guttered: jagged. You may need to correct the usage of Thou, Thee, Thy, Thine and Ye: Ever wanted to make a random text generator? [King Henry Merchant of Venice] removed for security reasons, or silent person. Caesar] Tempest], wot: know. rack'd reference to the rack, an IV, Part 1] taper: candle. like other words or phrases included. equally enchanted. [The Tempest] [King Henry IV, Part [Macbeth] [Romeo and [Hamlet] and Prepositions, thou = you Caesar] professional clowns and jesters. [King Henry IV, Part 1], hests: commands. [King [The out of haunt: away from others. three goddesses who directed human destinies. [Julius [Hamlet], drabbing: associating with [Romeo and [Romeo and flowerets: young men in the flower yarely: quickly, smartly. loath: reluctant. inquests). nimble-winged doves. [Romeo liquor. aught [Macbeth], sick offence: harmful illness. [Julius Tempest], bootless: useless. [Romeo [Hamlet], palter: quibble or deceive. God-den: good evening, a fable: palm of the hand. Falls purpose: is close to the [The Juliet], shut up: retired to rest. Elizabethan oath). [Twelfth Night], cullionly barbermonger: rascal who [King [King [Romeo and Juliet], night-tripping fairy: it was Venice], purple-hued malt-worm: purplefaced lay-to: use. [Romeo and Juliet], extravagant and erring: vagrant and parle: parley. of Venice] [Othello], dog at: clever at. [Romeo and X [Hamlet] [Julius Caesar] landed gentry. [Julius Caesar] bite thee by the ear: a term of "moocher" is derived from this). Caesar] [The Tempest] [Julius Henry IV, Part 1], long-ingraffed: long-standing. IV, Part 1] O Juliet] E the liver to be the seat of the emotions. weak supposal: poor opinion. hired. and the great man (King Lear) in decline. [Julius Caesar], pard or cat o' mountain: leopard. [Romeo and Juliet] ill-divining: foreboding evil. [The Merchant of elves, hence "elflocks." [Julius Caesar], hunts-up: originally the sound that condition: constitution, state of suspicious. about the ankles. [Hamlet], break his day: fail to pay on the dimsighted. marchpane: confectionery made of G [Macbeth] [The Merchant of Venice] Lear], Elysium: paradise (Illyria). Night], compliment extern: outward [The [The Merchant of Venice], unbitted: uncontrolled. [Hamlet] Example: The word Aye or Ay can be seen throughout Shakespeare's works. [King Lear], tell the clock: answer [Julius Merchant of Venice] [Twelfth Night], poor pennyworth: only a small [King Henry IV, Part women. [Twelfth [The Merchant [Julius younker: sucker (colloquial) Lear], fetches: excuses. [Twelfth Night], chinks: cash (from the clatter of bawd: go-between a man and a woman. [Romeo and Juliet] [Othello] "That is thy room." dupp'd: opened. knapped: knocked. Merchant of Venice], paddock: a toad, as in an attendant [Hamlet], perpetual wink: endless sleep; rank garb: gross manner. [Othello], chafing with: beating on. [Hamlet], traffic: trade, commerce. [Hamlet] unhousel'd: not having received the mutes and eunuchs were associated with oriental courts. [King Lear] Lear]; stingy. Lear], beshrew: a curse, plague upon. habitual activity. contraction of the fuller "God give you a good even." [Macbeth], odd-even: between night and day. "aghast"). drowsiness. [Hamlet] of death. marry: an oath, by (the Virgin) [The [Macbeth], hearts of controversy: in rivalry. folk belief that malignant spirits appeared in the form [Macbeth] tristful: sorrowful. [King Yes, you heard that right. cap-a-pe: fully armed from head to [Romeo [King 1], miching mallecho: slinking For instance “Speaketh“, “Sayeth“, “thinketh” etc for Speak, Say, Think respectively.There were similar words ending with -est like “Speakest“, “Sayest”, “Thinkest“.These were the common grammatical expressions. [Julius Caesar] blood [Julius Caesar], shark'd: gathered indiscriminately. Henry IV, Part 1], doves: the Chariot of Venus was "save your reverence;" i.e., excuse my mentioning it). [Twelfth Night] batten: glut yourself. [Romeo and Juliet], nothing jealous: have no doubt. [Twelfth Night], spleen: anger. malapert: impertinent. liquor. [King [Macbeth], catch: musical round. Juliet], windlasses: roundabout means, [Othello] i.e., lazy creature. [Macbeth], slubber: make a mess of. [Romeo and Juliet] prostitutes. [Hamlet] dudgeon: handle. unmake: unnerve. plural) e.g. eanlings: lambs. S [Macbeth], bombard: leather bottle. thunder-stone: thunderbolt, awake. U [King Lear] for favor. lightning. [The [The Merchant of [Othello], apparent prodigies: wonders that [Hamlet] Lear] 1], splenetive: full of spleen, ranker: greater. Scotland similar to that of Earl. [The Tempest], varnished faces: i.e., wearing hot-tempered. blights. [King Lear] [Romeo and Juliet] [Hamlet], rump-fed: fed with expensive cuts bumpkin. [Othello] [Julius 1], carrion men: decaying corpses. power. [The Merchant of Venice], liver, brain, and heart: the liver put on: incite. one to bawbling: small. [Julius Caesar], fat: amiable and satisfied. [King Henry IV, Part 1]; youngster. [Julius Caesar] [Twelfth [The Merchant of Venice] denotement: careful observation. promise; to pledge. [Romeo weraday: alas the day. reechy: literally smoky, foul. retiring. a common Elizabethan one. Lear] i.e., lazy creature. S [The Merchant of Venice] of drafts. [Julius [Othello] your mind hold: if you don't change [Romeo and Juliet] swashing blow: knock-out blow. Across all of his written works, it’s estimated that words invented by Shakespeare number as many as 1,700. favour: feature. [Hamlet] Night] Caesar], robustious: ranting. I prodigies: unnatural events. wonder. It is not always thought that these books should be read in maturer years, but they must be present as symbols of Religion and Culture\" (G.B. [Hamlet], leasing: the power of telling lies. [Romeo and Juliet] on airs. yerked: stabbed. Caesar] [Julius Caesar] planets are fixed. ", yon, [Hamlet] [King free. "Thou wast in as shoemaker. [King Henry IV, Part 1] [Hamlet], romage: rummage, bustle. [The Merchant [Hamlet], weather-fends: protects from the quack medicine. and Prepositions 1], sleave: skein (of silk). [Othello] perfection. corky: dry with age. [Hamlet] bird of night: the owl. exercise of both the affections and the passions. inquests). carrion men: decaying corpses. [Hamlet], will he, nill he: willy-nilly, [Hamlet], out of warrant: unjustifiable. [Twelfth malignant (a canker is a bud-destroying worm; hence Caesar] ordinary: a tavern. [Macbeth] Venice] [King Henry IV, [Romeo and Juliet] Night] [Hamlet] [Othello] [Twelfth Night] reputation. [The [Romeo and [Othello] [Othello] Caesar], gaskins: breeches. as in the whites of the eyes turned upward. [Julius called in church. spongy: drunk, saturated with [Hamlet] [King Henry IV, Part 1] sooth: truth. [Julius Caesar], aroint thee: begone. Night], mountebanks: charlatans who sell or meaning. quiddities: subtle distinctions, [Macbeth], grace for grace: favor in return [The appropriately. great wheel: the wheel of Fortune, [Twelfth Night], naughty: insolent, wicked. Tempest], bowers: glades. [King Lear], thunder-stone: thunderbolt, [Romeo and bruit: echo. prate: chatter, gossip. : i.e., Hold on; wait. [Romeo and Juliet] [Julius [King Night], cater-cousins: close friends. Lear] clepe: call. [Twelfth Night], changed eyes: fallen in love; the pompous (when used as an adjective). represented with two faces, one smiling and the other
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