Pronounced foy-zun, foison means abundance.
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Exsufflicate is an adjective which means exaggerated or blown up out of all proportion.
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Dudgeon means hilt or handle.
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Today’s Shakespearean word of the day is… consanguineous
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Today’s Shakespearean word of the day is… basilisk
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Throughout April we will be bringing you an A-Z of Shakespearean words, taken from the brilliant Oxford Illustrated Shakespeare Dictionary . Every day we will be guiding you through some of the most interesting words and definitions from the dictionary, one letter at a time! Today’s Shakespearean word of the day is….artificial Warning! Don’t read in the modern meaning […]
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I’m a lucky man. I’ve travelled the full spectrum of Shakespeare appreciation. I’ve now played Hamlet, Macbeth, and Pericles, spoken his Sonnets, written books about him, and directed his plays. But I hated Shakespeare in school. The phrase that frequently comes up when I begin telling this story, is “I was lucky, I had a […]
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