All 3 Uses of
carrion
in
The Merchant of Venice
- A carrion Death, within whose empty eye There is a written scroll!†
Scene 2.7 *
- Out upon it, old carrion!†
Scene 3.1
- You'll ask me why I rather choose to have A weight of carrion flesh than to receive Three thousand ducats.†
Scene 4.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(carrion) the dead and rotting body of an animal; or (more rarely) animals that eat such flesh
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In archaic usage, carrion can refer to a despicable or worthless person.