New ‘Verbal Treasure Trove’ Dictionary Captures Nuances And Uses Of Shakespeare’s Words
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William Shakespeare used the word dotage to capture reduced mental ability (as in being blindly in love) rather than as a quaint term for old age, successeswere really outcomes – one could talk of a ‘bad success’ – and, it turns out, the word bastard back then most often referred to a flower that was genetically...
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