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Twelfth Night
Taylor Maynor
Term | Definition |
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bestow | confer or present (an honor, right, or gift). |
fortunes | The chance happening of fortunate or adverse events |
distemper | viral disease of some animals, esp. dogs, causing fever, coughing, and catarrh |
malignancy | the state or presence of a malignant tumor the quality of being malign or malevolent |
extort | obtain (something) by force, threats, or other unfair means |
murder | the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another |
moderate | average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree |
peevishly | in a peevish manner |
methought | past of methinks |
distractedly | in a distracted manner |
cunning | having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion |
churlish | rude in a mean-spirited and surly way |
thriftless | (of a person or their behavior) spending money in an extravagant and wasteful way |
diluculo | Inflection of dīlūculum |
surgere | Surgères is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France |
troth | faith or loyalty when pledged in a solemn agreement or undertaking |
shillings | a former British coin and monetary unit equal to one twentieth of a pound or twelve pence. |
gracious | courteous, kind, and pleasant |
Pigrogromitus | lazy or idle servant or a lazy knave |
equinoctial | happening at or near the time of an equinox |
Queubus | yellow sea spider |
sixpence | a coin worth six old pence, withdrawn in 1980 |
gratillity | (humorous, obsolete) gratuity |
Myrmidons | a member of a warlike Thessalian people led by Achilles at the siege of Troy |
mistress | a woman in a position of authority or control |
roaming | move about or travel aimlessly or unsystematically, esp. over a wide area |
mellifluous | (of a voice or words) sweet or musical; pleasant to hear |
dulcet | (esp. of sound) sweet and soothing (often used ironically) |
caterwauling | (of a cat) make a shrill howling or wailing noise |
harbours | a place on the coast where vessels may find shelter, esp. one protected from rough water by piers, jetties, and other artificial structures |