Macbeth: Elizabethan Vocabulary and Grammar (pt. 2)
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ellie13rodriguez on March 17, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Words order in Elizabethan sentences: | the Elizabethans were more flexible than we are about where the verb goes in a sentence ex. "Jumpeth he in front of the clown, and 'why,' asketh he, 'dost thou have such a shiny red nose?'"="He jumped in front of the clown and he asked, 'Why do you have such a shiny red nose?'" |
| withal (adv) | (adv) with everything else, besides |
| *get (v) | (v) receive; give birth to |
| prophetic (adj) | (adj) foretelling the future |
| *corporal (adj) | (adj) having to do with the body (as opposed to the mind or spirit) |
| treason (n) | (n) betrayal of king or country |
| *prospect (n) | (n) possibility; vantage point |
| enkindle (v) | (v) enflame; excite |
| *reason (n) | (n) rational thought, purpose/ justification |
| trifle (n) | (n) a small, unimportant thing; (v) to toy with |
| imperial (adj) | (adj) imaginary, kinglike |
| fantastical (adj) | (adj) imaginary, like a fantasy |
| surmise (n) | (n) imagined possibility;educated guess |
| prologue(n) | (n) introductory section of a show, event or story |
| *interim | the time in between two events |
| *repentance (n) | (n) sincere, honest expression of remorse and attempt to make amends |
| ingratitude (n) | (n) ungratefulness |
| recompense (n) | (n) repayment |
| enfold (v) | (v) to wrap up or surround gently (as in "let me enfold thee in my army") |
| harbinger (n) | (n) prophetic person, being or sign |
| peerless (adj) | (adj) without equal |
| missive (n) | (n) a letter |
| *holily (adv) | (adv) in a holy or spiritually pure manner |
| hie (v) | (v) move quickly |
| fatal (adj) | (adj) as if by fate; deadly |
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