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Shakespearean Glossary
Notes on my thoughts,
dig-you-good-den - literally this means "give you good evening" but it really just
reactions and questions as I
means goodnight
read:
don - to put on
enseamed - fat, gross and smelly (Not a nice thing to call your friends.)
fang - to bite something or to grab it with your teeth
forsooth - in truth, or in fact
forbode - forbidden or not allowed
guard - a decoration or to decorate something
hence - from this time forward (For example, two weeks hence means two weeks
from now.)
indifferent - ordinary, not different
jack - a mean man
jar - the ticking of a clock or to tick like a clock
knave - either a young boy or a male servant
lozel - a cheap person
moe - more (Listen to any rap album - this one is making a comeback!)
ninny - a fool or a jester
ope - to open
perchance - perhaps, possibly or maybe
quat - a pimple (Also an insult because no one likes to be called a pimple,)
rood - the crucifix, which is the cross that Jesus was nailed to
shent - another multi-purpose word: this one means either blamed, hurt or to criticize
thee/thou/thy - all these are different forms of 'your'
utterance - an extremity like an arm or a leg
venge - to seek revenge
waft - to wave, summon, or to turn
yonder - an indicated place Similar to saying 'over there'
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