Comus

Comus Glossary

blithe

showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper

brutish

resembling or characteristic of a beast

countenance

a person's face or facial expression

drear

dull, bleak, and lifeless, depressing

ebb

the movement of the tide out to sea

forlorn

pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely

ominous

giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen

prosperous

successful in material terms

revelry

lively and noisy festivity, esp. when it involves drinking a large amount of alcohol

rural

relating to, or characteristic of the countryside

sate

satisfy a desire or an appetite to the full

serene

calm, peaceful, and untroubled, tranquil

shrine

a place regarded as holy because of its associations with a divinity or a sacred person or relic, typically marked by a building or other construction

shroud

a length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial

tumult

a loud, confused noise, esp. one caused by a large mass of people

wanton

deliberate and unprovoked

weeds

clothes

mickle

an old word for great or much

saws

pompous sayings

glozing

to flatter someone for your own end

Pan

the Greek god of the wild

swink't

tired

incontinence

in this context, a lack of sexual restraint

crofts

enclosed fields

unweeting

unknowingly

lickerish

tempting

soothest

wisest

layes

songs