Love's Labour's Lost

2 uses

audacious without impudency

audacious = bold and daring

(editor's note:  impudency references disrespect by being improperly forward or bold)

1 use

this austere insociable life

austere = a notable absence of luxury, comfort, or decoration

9 uses

I beseech your Grace, let this letter be read;

beseech = to ask strongly or beg for something

1 use

10 uses

Proceed, sweet Cupid;

Cupid = Roman mythology:  god of love; a small, winged boy whose arrows make those struck fall in love

1 use

Your stomachs are too young, and abstinence engenders maladies.

engenders = causes

1 use

Some enigma, some riddle:

enigma = something mysterious that seems unexplainable

1 use

How I would make him fawn, and beg, and seek,†

fawn = show excessive flattery or affection

4 uses

To hear meekly, sir, and to laugh moderately; or, to forbear both.

forbear = refrain (hold back) from acting

22 uses

I forswore not thee:

forswore = renounced (disavowed or decided to stop doing something)

2 uses

strange without heresy

heresy = opinions or actions most people consider immoral

7 uses

He made her melancholy, sad, and heavy; And so she died:

melancholy = sad (perhaps depressed)

7 uses

Monsieur, fare you well.

Monsieur = Mr. (in French)

1 use

2 uses

...with some delightful ostentation, or show, or pageant, or antic, or firework.

ostentation = actions intended to attract notice and impress others

(editor's note:  The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)

3 uses

The pedant, the braggart,

pedant = someone too concerned with book learning

6 uses

You are attaint with faults and perjury;

perjury = making false statements

2 meanings, 2 uses

4 uses

What zeal, what fury hath inspired thee now?

zeal = active interest and enthusiasm