
Alligator: (n) a large, carnivorous reptile closely related to the crocodile
Romeo and Juliet, Act 5 Scene 1. "And in his needy shop a tortoise hung, An alligator stuff'd, and other skins".
Downstairs: (adv) on a lower floor; down the steps
Henry IV Part 1, Act 2 Scene 4. "Sir, Pistol the standard-bearer is downstairs and would like to speak to you".
Elbow. Shakespeare is credited with inventing the verb form of elbow. Here, he uses it as a metaphor, with the shame pushing at King Lear emotionally. “Ay, marry, now my soul hath elbow-room; It would not out at windows nor at doors.
Eyeball: (n) the round part of the eye; organ for vision
Henry VI Part 1, Act 4 Scene 7. "O, were mine eyeballs into bullets turn'd, That I in rage might shoot them at your faces!"
Fashionable: (adj) stylish; characteristic of a particular period
Troilus and Cressida, Act 3 Scene 3. "Time is like a fashionable host who quickly says goodbye to his parting guest before embracing the next guest coming in: you are welcome when you show up but not when you leave."
Gossip: (v) to talk casually, usually about others
The Comedy of Errors, Act 5 Scene 1 "With all my heart, I'll gossip at this feast".
Inaudible: (adj) not heard; unable to be heard
All's Well That Ends Well, Act 5 Scene 3
"For we are old, and on our quick'st decrees / Th'inaudible and noiseless foot of Time / Steals ere we can effect them."
Jaded: (adj) worn out; bored or past feeling
Henry VI Part 2, Act 4 Scene 1"Must not be shed by such a jaded groom.".
Kissing: (ppl adj) touching with the lips; exchanging kisses
Love's Labour's Lost, Act 5 Scene 2 “kissing thine will shine”
Lonely: (adj) feeling sad due to lack of companionship
Coriolanus, Act 4 Scene 1 "Believe't not lightly—though I go alone, Like to a lonely dragon, that his fen...".
Manager: (n) one who controls or administers; person in charge
Love's Labour's Lost, Act 1 Scene 2 "be still, drum! for your manager is in love; yea, he loveth.".
Majestic (adj)Shakespeare used the word "majestic" to describe something that is grand and impressive in his play, Henry VIII.
"Oh, now she's shared the king's throne for so long and grown so powerful and majestic that it will be a thousand times more sad for him to leave her than it was delightful for him to get her at first”
Obscene: (adj) repulsive or disgusting; offensive to one's morality
Love's Labour's Lost, Act 1 Scene 1 "When it comes so smoothly off, so obscenely, as it were, so fit."
Nervy: (adj) sinewy or strong; bold; easily agitated
Coriolanus, Act 2 Scene 1 "Death, that dark spirit, in \'s nervy arm doth lie,"
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