Hamlet Vocab Definitions

beshrew

v. to invoke evil upon

carping

adj. naggingly critical or complaining

cerement

n. cloth coated with wax, formerly used for wrapping the dead

chanson

noun. song, esp. a French cabaret song

cote

n. a small shed or shelter for sheep or birds

v. to pass (go around)

drab

n. a slattern

v. to consort with whores

ephemeral

adj. lasting for a brief time; transitory

febrile

adj. feverish

felly

n. the rim or a section of a rim of a wheel supported by spokes

firmament

n. the vault or expanse of the heavens, the sky

gainsay

v. to declare false, deny; to oppose esp. by contradiction

gules

n. the color red

insouciance

n. carefree attitude

lenten

adj. of or pertaining to Lent; meager, somber

milch

adj. giving milk

moiety

n. a half, an indefinite portion, part or share, either of two basic units that make up a tribe on the basis of unilateral descent

otiose

adj. being at leisure, idle, ineffective; superfluous

perpend

v. to wonder about; to be attentive, reflect, to deliberate

prescript

n. something that is prescribed

adj. prescribed

synod

n. ecclesiastical council