The Only Use
abject
in
The Merchant of Venice
(Edited)
- You have among you many a purchas'd slave,
Which, like your asses and your dogs and mules,
You use in abject and in slavish parts,Scene 4.1abject = the worst (extremely bad)
Definitions:
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(1)
(abject) extreme (in a negative sense such as misery, hopelessness, submissiveness, cruelty, or cowardice)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)