The Only Use of
centaur
in
King Lear
- Down from the waist they are centaurs, Though women all above: But to the girdle do the gods inherit, Beneath is all the fiend's; there's hell, there's darkness, There is the sulphurous pit; burning, scalding, stench, consumption; fie, fie, fie! pah, pah!†
Scene 4.6
Definition:
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(centaur) a mythical being that is half man and half horse