Act 2
Scene 1
1) “But, sir, such wanton, wild and unusual slips.” Line 24
Wanton: Reckless
2) “Quarreling, drabbing- you may go so far.” Line 26
Drabbing: Going to prostitutes
3) “There was he gaming, there o’ertook in’s rouse.” Line 59
O’ertook in’s rouse: Overcome by drink
4) “Videlicet, a brothel- or so forth. See you now.” Line 62
Videlicet: Namely
5) “And with a look so piteous in purport.” Line 83
Purport: Expression
6) “As it did seem to shatter all his bulk.” Line 93
Bulk: Body
Scene 2
7) “Sith nor th’ exterior nor the inward man.” Line 67
: Since neither his appearance nor his personality.
8) “To show us so much gentry and goodwill.” Line 22
Gentry: Courtesy.
9) “Well, we shall shift him.” Line 58
Shift: question Polonius carefully.
10) “Receives rebuke from Norway, and in fine.” Line 60
In fine: Finally
11) “Perpend.” Line 105
Perpend: Consider
12) “And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes.” Line 91
Flourishes: Decorations
13) “Within the center.” Line 160
The center: The earth’s center, the most inaccessible place.
14) “By you and I behind an arras then.” Line 163
Arras: A tapestry commonly hung in medieval castles from ceiling to floor, to prevent draft.
15) “Being a good kissing carrion.” Line 182
Carrion: Dead flesh.
16) “Wrinkled, their eyes purging thick amber and.” Line 199
Purging: Discharging
17) “Then is doomsday near: But your news is.” Line 241
Doomsday: The day of Judgment
18) “Like a god! The beauty of the world! The paragon.” Line 311
Paragon: Flower of Perfection
19) “Animals! And yet to me, what is this quintessence of.” Line 312
Quintessence: Perfection
20) “ Wonted pace: but there is, sir, an aerly of children.” Line 342
Aerly: Nest
21) Roscius was an actor in Rome.” Line 394
Roscius: The most famous of ancient Roman actors.
22) “Buz, Buz.” Line 396
Buz: A slang expression for “tell me something I don’t know.”
23) “As by lot, God wot.” Line 419
Wot: Knows
24) “By the attitude of a chopine.” Line 430
Chopine: A high-heeled shoe. In other words the boy had grown.
25) “With eyes like carbunches, the hellish Pyrrhus.”
Carbunches: Precious stones of fiery red color.
