ACT II - Scene I — Vocabulary

Vocabulary Words from ACT II - Scene I

marvell’s (adverb)

Marvelously; wonderfully well.

Danskers (noun)

Danes; Danish people living in Paris.

encompassment (noun)

A roundabout or indirect method of inquiry; circumlocution.

forgeries (noun)

Invented stories or fabrications; things forged or made up.

drabbing (noun)

Associating with prostitutes; frequenting brothels.

incontinency (noun)

Lack of sexual restraint; unchastity.

quaintly (adverb)

Cleverly; skillfully; with artful subtlety (not the modern sense of charmingly old-fashioned).

unreclaimed (adjective)

Untamed; not yet reformed or brought under control.

prenominate (adjective)

Previously named or mentioned; aforementioned.

windlasses (noun)

Indirect approaches or roundabout courses (metaphorical use of a winding path in hunting).

indirections (noun)

Roundabout methods; indirect approaches to discovering information.

doublet (noun)

A close-fitting jacket worn by men in the Elizabethan period.

down-gyved (adjective)

Hanging down around the ankles like gyves (leg shackles or fetters).

ecstasy (noun)

Madness; a state of being beside oneself (Elizabethan meaning, not modern joy).

fordoes (verb)

Destroys; undoes; ruins.

quoted (verb)

Observed; noted; took careful notice of (archaic sense, not modern citation).

beshrew (verb)

A mild curse meaning "curse upon" or "shame on."