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Twelfth Night
Taylor Maynor
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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| sixpence | a coin worth six old pence, withdrawn in 1980 |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 |