Love's Labour's Lost

Love's Labour's Lost Glossary

Nourish

To provide with food and other things in order to maintain health

Immurèd

To confine

Valour

Great courage

Sphinx

A winged monster of Thebes, having a woman's head and a lion's body

Durst

To dare to do something

Cockled

Form wrinkles or puckers

Purblind

Dim-witted

Brazen

Bold and without shame

Cipher

A secret or disguised way of writing

Folio

A leaf of paper or parchment

Dowry

Property or money brought by a bride to her husband upon their marriage

Prodigal

Recklessly extravagant

Breach

A failure to observe a law or rule

Gallant

Brave, heroic

Warble

A bird's song

Renumeration

Money paid for a service

Malcontent

A person who is dissatisfied or rebellious

Heresy

Belief or opinion contrary to orthodox Christianity

Gait

A person's manner of walking

Felicity

Intense happiness