alacrity
1 use
A natural and prompt alacrity I find in hardness;
alacrity = rising to the occasion (liveliness and eagerness)
(editor's note: No Fear Shakespeare re-words this line as "I rise to the occasion when faced with difficulties.")
(editor's note: No Fear Shakespeare re-words this line as "I rise to the occasion when faced with difficulties.")
Definition
Generally alacrity means:quickness; and/or cheerful eagerness
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 1.3 |
convey
1 use
1 —1 use as in:
convey her safely to
So please your grace, my ancient,
A man he is of honesty and trust,
To his conveyance I assign my wife,
With what else needful your good grace shall think
To be sent after me.†
A man he is of honesty and trust,
To his conveyance I assign my wife,
With what else needful your good grace shall think
To be sent after me.†
conveyance = transport
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 5 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 1.3 |
credulous
1 use
Thus credulous fools are caught;
credulous = too willing to believe
Definition
Generally credulous means:gullible (being too willing to believe)
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 2 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 4.1 |
dissemble
1 use
O, hardness to dissemble!
dissemble = hide or disguise the truth
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 3.4 |
edify
1 use
Can you inquire him out, and be edified by report?
edified = instructed
Definition
Generally edify means:to instruct — morally or intellectually
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 3.4 |
exeunt
23 uses
Exeunt Othello and Desdemona.
exeunt = exit from stage (a stage direction)
Definition
Generally this sense of exeunt means:stage direction: characters exit from stage
Word Statistics
| Book | 23 uses |
| Library | 0 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 1.1 |
importune
3 uses
go and importune her.
importune = beg persistently and urgently
Definition
Generally importune means:beg insistently or urge repeatedly
Word Statistics
| Book | 3 uses |
| Library | 0 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 4.1 |
impute
1 use
1 —1 use as in:
imputed the outburst to stress
...But yet, I say,
If imputation and strong circumstances,
Which lead directly to the door of truth,
Will give you satisfaction, you may have't.
If imputation and strong circumstances,
Which lead directly to the door of truth,
Will give you satisfaction, you may have't.
imputation = attribute this to; or believe the cause is
(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.)
(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.)
Definition
Generally this sense of impute means:attribute (to say one thing is the cause of another—often to blame and often wrongly)
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 0 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 3.3 |
insolent
1 use
...being taken by the insolent foe,
insolent = rudely disrespectful
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 4 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 1.3 |
languish
1 use
a man that languishes in your displeasure.
languishes = suffers in a bad situation for a long time
Definition
Generally languish means:to suffer in a bad situation for a long time
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 2 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 3.3 |
lethargic
1 use
The lethargy must have his quiet course:
lethargy = a state with a lack of energy
Definition
Generally lethargic means:lacking energy
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 2 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 4.1 |
mandate
1 use
1 —1 use as in:
a legal mandate
I obey the mandate
mandate = instruction that must be followed
Definition
Generally this sense of mandate means:an instruction that must be followed; or to command
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 4.1 |
obscure
1 use
1 —1 use as in:
the view or directions are obscure
Lechery, by this hand; an index and obscure prologue to the history of lust and foul thoughts.
obscure = not clearly seen (secretive)
Definition
Generally this sense of obscure means:not clearly seen, understood, or expressed
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 2 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 2000 |
| 1st use | Scene 2.1 |
penitent
1 use
he's penitent
penitent = feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
Definition
Generally penitent means:feeling or expressing sorrow for having done wrong; or a person who does such
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 2 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 3.3 |
pernicious
2 uses
If he say so, may his pernicious soul rot half a grain a day!
pernicious = something spreading great harm in a gradual or subtle way
Definition
Generally pernicious means:harmful or something spreading harm — especially in a gradual or subtle way
Word Statistics
| Book | 2 uses |
| Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 5.2 |
prosperous
1 use
Most gracious duke,
To my unfolding lend your prosperous ear;
And let me find a charter in your voice
To assist my simpleness.
To my unfolding lend your prosperous ear;
And let me find a charter in your voice
To assist my simpleness.
prosperous = good
Definition
Generally prosperous means:successful or good — especially with regard to finances or wealth
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 5 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 1.3 |
ruminate
1 use
I pr'ythee, speak to me as to thy thinkings
As thou dost ruminate; and give thy worst of thoughts
The worst of words.
As thou dost ruminate; and give thy worst of thoughts
The worst of words.
ruminate = think (perhaps think again and again)
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 3.3 |
scanty
2 uses
And heaven defend your good souls, that you think I will your serious and great business scant For she is with me:
scant = small in amount — often inadequate
or:
of clothes: barely covering the area on which they are worn
or:
of clothes: barely covering the area on which they are worn
Word Statistics
| Book | 2 uses |
| Library | 4 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 1.3 |
tedious
2 uses
It were a tedious difficulty, I think, to bring them to that prospect:
tedious = boring or monotonous
Definition
Generally tedious means:boring — especially because something goes on too long or without variation
Word Statistics
| Book | 2 uses |
| Library | 6 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 3.3 |
timorous
1 use
Do, with like timorous accent and dire yell,
As when, by night and negligence, the fire Is spied in populous cities.
As when, by night and negligence, the fire Is spied in populous cities.
timorous = fearful
Definition
Generally timorous means:timid (fearful) or shy
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 0 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 1.1 |