William Shakespeare Dictionary
| GABERDINE
a loose outer coat
GAD
a pointed instrument
GAIN-GIVING
misgiving
GAIT
going, steps
GALLIARD
a dance
GALLIASSE
a ship
GALLIMAUFRY
a ridiculous medley
GALLOW
to scare
GALLOWGLASS
the irregular infantry of Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland
GAMESTER
a frolicsome person, a loose woman
GARBOIL
disorder, uproar
GARISH
gaudy, staring
GARNER
to lay by, as corn in a barn
GAST
frightened
GAUDY
festive
GAZE
an object of wonder
GEAR
matter of business of any kind
GECK
a fool
GENEROSITY
noble birth
GENEROUS
noble
GENTILITY
good manners
GENTLE
gentlefolk, noble
GENTRY
complaisance, conduct becoming gentlefolk
GERMEN
seed, embryo
GEST
period
GIB
a he-cat
GIFTS
talents, endowment
GIGLOT
a wanton girl
GILDER
a coin
GILT
money State of wealth
GIMMAL
double
GIMMOR
contrivance
GING
gang
GIRD
to gibe | GIRD
a sarcasm or gibe
GLEEK
to scoff
GLOSE
to comment
GLUT
to swallow
GNARL
to snarl
GOOD-DEED
indeed
GOOD-DEN
good-evening
GORBELLIED
corpulent
GOURD
a game of chance
GOUT
a drop
GOVERNMENT
discretion
GRAINED
engrained
GRAMERCY
grand mercy, much thanks
GRANGE
the farmstead attached to a monastery, a solitary farm-house
GRATILLITY
used ridiculously for 'gratuity.'
GRATULATE
to congratulate
GRAVE
to bury
GREASILY
grossly
GREEK
a bawd
GREEN
immature, fresh, unused
GREENLY
foolishly
GREET
to weep
GRIZE
a step
GROSSLY
palpably
GROUNDLING
one who sits in the pit of a theatre
GROWING
accruing
GUARD
to decorate
GUARDAGE
guardianship
GUINEA-HEN
the pintado
GULES
red, a term in heraldry
GULF
the throat
GUN-STONE
a cannon ball
GUST
taste, relish
GYVE
to fetter |
Interpreting Elizabethan / Shakespearean Manuscripts and Original Documents
Vital, but little known, information about the Elizabethan alphabet is essential when looking at copies of original manuscripts of the period - examples of which can be found in Shakespeare's ' First Folio '. An understanding of the Tudor / Elizabethan alphabet will no doubt clarify many questions that the differences of the Tudor / Elizabethan alphabet have raised such as "Couldn't Elizabethans spell properly?" and "Why is there so much confusion with the letters 'u' and 'v' and 'i' and 'j' ?" Comprehensive information regarding the Elizabethan alphabet can be accessed via the following link and will prove a useful addition to the details provided in the Shakespearean Dictionary. William Shakespeare Education - the Elizabethan Alphabet - Differences only 24 letters - Deciphering manuscripts of the era William Shakespeare - Language, Vocabulary and Dictionary |
