choleric
1 use
Sheathe thy impatience; throw cold water on thy choler; go about the fields with me through Frogmore; I will bring thee where Mistress Anne Page is, at a farm-house a-feasting; and thou shalt woo her.†
choler = associated with anger; or a bodily fluid medieval medicine associated with anger
Definition
Generally choleric means:easily moved to anger; or characterized by anger
Word Statistics
Book | 1 use |
Library | 0 uses in 10 avg bks |
1st use | Scene 2.3 |
dissemble
1 use
You dissembling knight!
dissembling = lying
Definition
Generally dissemble means:hide or disguise the truth without outright lying
Word Statistics
Book | 1 use |
Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
1st use | Scene 3.3 |
egress
1 use
My hand, bully; thou shalt have egress and regress; said I well? and thy name shall be Brook.†
egress = exit (departure from)
Definition
Generally egress means:to exit
Word Statistics
Book | 1 use |
Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
1st use | Scene 2.1 |
ensconced
2 uses
She shall not see me; I will ensconce me behind the arras.†
ensconce = fixed firmly; or settled comfortably
Word Statistics
Book | 2 uses |
Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
1st use | Scene 2.2 |
exeunt
36 uses
[Exeunt CAIUS and RUGBY.]
exeunt = stage direction: characters exit from stage
Word Statistics
Book | 36 uses |
Library | 0 uses in 10 avg bks |
1st use | Scene 1.1 |
frugal
1 use
I was then frugal of my mirth:
frugal = careful not to waste
Definition
Generally frugal means:avoiding waste — typically being careful not to spend much money
Word Statistics
Book | 1 use |
Library | 3 uses in 10 avg bks |
1st use | Scene 2.1 |
heresy
1 use
him that was of late an heretic
heretic = someone with opinions or actions most people consider immoral
Definition
Generally heresy means:opinions or actions most people consider immoral
Word Statistics
Book | 1 use |
Library | 3 uses in 10 avg bks |
1st use | Scene 4.4 |
importune
1 use
Have you importuned her to such a purpose?
importuned = begged
Definition
Generally importune means:beg insistently or urge repeatedly
Word Statistics
Book | 1 use |
Library | 0 uses in 10 avg bks |
1st use | Scene 2.2 |
instigate
1 use
at his heels a rabble of his companions, thither provoked and instigated by his distemper,
instigated = set into motion
Definition
Generally instigate means:start or set into motion — typically some kind of conflict
Word Statistics
Book | 1 use |
Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
1st use | Scene 3.5 |
mock
7 uses
I shall be rather praised for this than mocked;
mocked = made fun of
Definition
Generally mock means:making fun of
or:
not real
or:
not real
Word Statistics
Book | 7 uses |
Library | 31 uses in 10 avg bks |
SAT®* | top 100 |
1st use | Scene 3.3 |
obsequious
1 use
I see you are obsequious in your love,
obsequious = excessively eager to flatter or serve
Word Statistics
Book | 1 use |
Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
1st use | Scene 4.2 |
omnipotent
1 use
O omnipotent love! how near the god drew to the complexion of a goose!†
omnipotent = all powerful
Word Statistics
Book | 1 use |
Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
SAT®* | top 1000 |
1st use | Scene 5.5 |
perplex
1 use
Here, Master Doctor, in perplexity and doubtful dilemma.
perplexity = confusion due to complexity
Definition
Generally perplex means:to confuse
Word Statistics
Book | 1 use |
Library | 9 uses in 10 avg bks |
1st use | Scene 4.5 |
prodigal
1 use
'tis painted about with the story of the Prodigal,
prodigal = the commonly referenced Christian parable, The Prodigal Son
Editor's notes:
Editor's notes:
- A parable is a story told to teach a moral lesson.
- The Prodigal Son is a parable about extreme forgiveness.
- This is a common usage of prodigal; though it more generally refers to anyone (not just The Prodigal Son) who is recklessly wasteful; or perhaps long absent.
Definition
Generally prodigal means:recklessly wasteful
or more rarely:
abundant (extravagant in amount)
or more rarely still:
long absent (someone who has been away a long time)
or more rarely:
abundant (extravagant in amount)
or more rarely still:
long absent (someone who has been away a long time)
Word Statistics
Book | 1 use |
Library | 0 uses in 10 avg bks |
1st use | Scene 4.5 |
redress
1 use
If it be confessed, it is not redressed: is not that so, Master Page?†
redressed = fixed a problem; or made up for a wrong
Definition
Generally redress means:fix a problem; or make up for a wrong
Word Statistics
Book | 1 use |
Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
SAT®* | top 2000 |
1st use | Scene 1.1 |
remorse
1 use
The rogues slighted me into the river with as little remorse as...
remorse = feeling of regret for doing something that was wrong
Definition
Generally remorse means:a feeling of deep regret for doing something that was wrong
Word Statistics
Book | 1 use |
Library | 8 uses in 10 avg bks |
1st use | Scene 3.5 |
reprove
2 uses
good Sir John, as you have one eye upon my follies, as you hear them unfolded, turn another into the register of your own, that I may pass with a reproof the easier,
reproof = criticism
Definition
Generally reprove means:to express disapproval of one's actions to them
Word Statistics
Book | 2 uses |
Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
1st use | Scene 2.1 |
resolute
1 use
SLENDER
... I will marry her; that
I am freely dissolved, and dissolutely.
SIR HUGH EVANS
It is a fery discretion answer; save the fall is in
the ort 'dissolutely:' the ort is, according to our
meaning, 'resolutely.' his meaning is good.
... I will marry her; that
I am freely dissolved, and dissolutely.
SIR HUGH EVANS
It is a fery discretion answer; save the fall is in
the ort 'dissolutely:' the ort is, according to our
meaning, 'resolutely.' his meaning is good.
resolutely = with firm purpose or belief
(editor's note: Slender meant to say resolutely when he said dissolutely.)
(editor's note: Slender meant to say resolutely when he said dissolutely.)
Definition
Generally resolute means:firm in purpose or belief
Word Statistics
Book | 1 use |
Library | 6 uses in 10 avg bks |
1st use | Scene 1.1 |
ruminate
1 use
then she plots, then she ruminates, then she devises;
ruminates = thinks again and again about something
Definition
Generally ruminate means:to think again and again about something; or to think about something in a sustained (continuing) manner
Word Statistics
Book | 1 use |
Library | 2 uses in 10 avg bks |
1st use | Scene 2.2 |
specious
2 uses
but speciously for Master Fenton
speciously = seemingly good, but without merit
Definition
Generally specious means:seemingly good, but without merit
or:
insincere, but seemingly good
or:
insincere, but seemingly good
Word Statistics
Book | 2 uses |
Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
1st use | Scene 3.4 |