What does onion eyed mean in Shakespeare?

onion-eyed. having the eyes filled with tears. pale-hearted. dispirited; cowardly; craven.

What does common kissing mean in Shakespeare?

common-kissing: kissing all alike Cym.

Onions. Oxford.

How do you write a Shakespearean insult?

To make an insult, pick one word from each column and string them together. For example, taking the first word in each column gives you the insult: “artless base-court apple-john.”

How do you say baby in Shakespearean language?

baby (n.) baccare, backare (v.) bacchanal (n.)

What does Apple-John mean in Shakespeare?

APPLE-JOHN: a kind of apple. APPOINTMENT: preparation. APPREHENSION: opinion. APPREHENSIVE: apt to apprehend or understand.

What does fly bitten mean in Shakespeare?

Definition of fly-bitten

: marked by or as if by the bite of flies.

What does maggot pie mean?

1. A magpie. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G.

What does Measle mean in Shakespeare?

"Stinking" is fairly obvious. " Nook-shotten," according to the definition provided by the book, means "Full of nooks and angles; confusing, deceptive." And "Measle," as you may expect, means "Disease; diseased wretch."

What does Elf skinned mean?

An elf-skin is "a man of shrivelled and shrunken form," says the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).

What is Boggle in Shakespeare?

A boggler is someone who HESITATES; is a STICKLER. Someone who is a gull-catcher is a TRICKSTER, a CHEAT.

What does Dewberry mean in Shakespeare?

z. dewberry (n.) species of blackberry. Headword location(s)

How do you swear in Shakespearean?

Curses and Insults in Shakespeare's Plays

1. Example 1. Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon! ( ...
2. You peasant swain! you whoreson malthorse drudge! ( ...
3. A plague upon him! . . . ...
4. He is deformed, crooked, old and sere, ...
5. O! ...
6. From forth the kennel of thy womb hath crept. ...
7. Thou elvish-mark'd, abortive, rooting hog!

What does hedge pig mean Shakespeare?

hedge-pig - someone who doesn't care about. anyone's feelings.

What does sheep biting mean in Shakespeare?

sheep-biting (not comparable) (obsolete) Contemptible; unscrupulous; shifty; thieving.

What does dogfish mean in Shakespeare?

dogfish: name of a kind of small shark, applied opprobriously to a person 1H6 I. iv. 107. A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T.

What does Dankish mean?

dankish (adj.) dank, damp, humid.

What does nut hook mean?

Nut-hook. (n) - Constable, officer (a hook for pulling down nuts, hence a thief)

What does Ratsbane mean in Shakespeare?

ratsbane. a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic. Thou rank boil-brained bladder. Thou cockered tardy-gaited ratsbane. Thou beslubbering bat-fowling bladder!

What does canker blossom mean?

PRONUNCIATION: (KANGK-uhr-blos-uhm) MEANING: noun: One who destroys good things.

What does rump Fed mean?

that is, fed on scraps, such as liver, kidneys, chitlings, and other kitchen perquisites.

What does it mean if you are mangled?

transitive verb. 1 : to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing people … mangled by sharks— V. G. Heiser. 2 : to spoil, injure, or make incoherent especially through ineptitude a story mangled beyond recognition.

What does Joithead mean Shakespeare?

°One who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights.

What does flax wench mean?

A woman who spins flax. A prostitute.

What does shag eared mean in Shakespeare?

shag-eared. Having shaggy(hairy) ears. shrill-gorged. Having a throat which produces a shrill note.

What does swag bellied mean in Shakespeare?

: having a large protruding stomach a grimy, swag-bellied drudge— F. T. Bullen.