hap | | city in northern Italy |
Friar Laurence | | reputation |
fantasticoes | | servant to the Nurse |
God-den | | servant of Montague |
Balthasar | | relative of Prince and friend of Romeo |
Abram | | locks of hair that were tangled by mischievous elves |
skainsmates | | Archaic word for Good evening |
cankered | | servant of Montague |
nice | | mask |
ware | | nephew of Montague and friend of Romeo |
hoodwinked | | Latin for "Bless you" |
Romeo | | a servant to Capulet |
bliss | | a young nobleman, a relative of the Prince |
Sampson | | blindfolded |
visor | | a druggist |
ward | | kind of salted fish |
chorus | | coal dealers |
elflocks | | money |
ancient | | minor |
Benedicite | | son of Montague |
countervail | | affectionate, tender |
gyves | | rude youngster |
jaunce | | tiring journey |
mistempered | | slashing |
Tybalt | | fleeting human love |
envious | | status |
hag | | questioned |
dignity | | devoted to Juliet |
Verona | | chains, like the threads that hold hte bird captive |
Nurse | | aware |
shrived | | Shakespeare uses when he rhymes |
shrift | | forgiven of her sins |
importuned | | Archaic word for unmarried girl |
poor john | | What month was Shakepeare born? |
Oerperch | | cousin |
princox | | nephew of Lady Capulet |
fond | | prologue spoken by a single actor |
reckoning | | ruler of Verona |
civilians' passions | | daughter of Capulet |
Mercuitio | | rusted; diseased |
couplets | | good-for-nothings |
Peter | | another Franciscan priest |
Friar John | | nightmare |
Apothecary | | used with bad temper |
Benvolio | | heaven |
crowkeeper | | civil blood |
colliers | | Archaic word for trivial, foolish |
frank | | confession |
Juliet | | loose women |
chinks | | a Franciscan priest |
April | | evil |
coz | | huge and monstrous |
hildings | | Archaic word for mood, or moisture |
prodigious | | old; established by old customs |
Count Paris | | match or equal |
maid | | flyover |
swashing | | generous |
vanity | | luck |
Prince Escalus | | scarecrow |
humor | | dandies; men who copy French manners and fashions |