The Only Use of
umbrage
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- But, in the verity of extolment, I take him to be a soul of great
article, and his infusion of such dearth and rareness as, to make
true diction of him, his semblable is his mirror, and who else
would trace him, his umbrage, nothing more.†Scene 5.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(umbrage) offense, resentment, or hurt at being insulted or slighted -- often felt without good reason
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, and long ago, umbrage referenced a shadow or a tree that cast a shadow.