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The Merry Wives of WindsorMW IV.i.53What is your genitive case plural, William?What is your Genitiue case plurall (William?)
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG V.iv.52Than plural faith, which is too much by one.Then plurall faith, which is too much by one:

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abiliment(usually plural) clothes, dress, attire, outfit
aglet(plural) tiny shining ornaments worn on a dress, spangles
base[plural] type of knee-length skirt worn by a knight on horseback
bead[plural] rosary beads
bone(plural) pieces of bone [used as a musical instrument]
bone(plural) man, person
book(plural) good books, favour, regard
bound(plural) extent, land, area [within boundaries]
brain(plural) witticisms, clever remarks
browforehead [often plural, referring to the two prominences of the forehead]
cates(plural) delicacies, choice foodstuffs
commend(plural) greeting, compliment, remembrance
commendation(plural) regards, compliments, greetings
commodity(plural) goods, wares, merchandise
company(plural) companionship, fellowship, comradeship
conserve(plural) confections, sweetmeats, candied fruits
conserve(plural) preserve, store
crystal(plural) eyes
day(plural) time, delay, period of action
demerit(plural) merits, deserts, deserving
demesne(plural) territories, lands, dominions
dimension(plural) parts of the body, organs
dump(plural) low spirits, feeling of melancholy
element(plural) substances from which all material things are made [believed to be earth, water, air, fire]
element(plural) forces of nature, atmospheric powers
element(plural) elements of life, life-forces
exception(often plural) objection, dislike, disapproval
fashion(plural) horse disease affecting the nose and mouth [farcy]
fill(plural) shafts of a cart
fives(plural) horse disease affecting the parotid glands [the strangles]
fork(plural) legs
general(plural) general points, group features
gentle(plural) ladies and gentlemen, gentlefolk
gentle(plural) gentlemen
grave(plural) greave, leg armour
gyve(plural) handicaps, defects
gyve(plural) fetters, shackles
habiliment(usually plural) clothes, dress, attire, outfit
hatch(plural) movable deck planks
heart (plural)(plural) grand-hearted lads, fine companions
horn(plural) outgrowths imagined to be on the head of a cuckold
hour(plural) fixed time, timetable
indenture(plural) [legal] joint agreement, articles of agreement
investments(plural) garments, clothes, clothing
lead(plural) lead-covered flat roofs
lee[in plural] dregs, remains, remnants
lees(plural) dregs, remains, remnants
lending(plural) advance of money to soldiers [in lieu of regular pay]
lending(plural) something lent, borrowing
letter(plural) study, learning, knowledge
letter(plural) sophisticated learning, great scholarship
liberty(plural) rights, prerogatives, privileges
light(plural) eyes
lineament(plural) parts of the body, form, shape
list(usually plural) combat arena at a tournament
lording(plural) my lords, gentlemen
manner(plural) proper behaviour, good conduct, forms of politeness
manner(plural) ways of life, social conditions
manner(plural) morals, character, way of behaving
mark(plural) insignia, regalia
mean(plural) manner, mode, method
mean(plural) resources, wherewithal, wealth
mean(plural) obstacles, intervening factors
mean(plural) capacity, capability, potential
movable(plural) personal possessions, private effects, pieces of property
moveable(plural) personal possessions, private effects, pieces of property
muster(plural) groups of soldiers, ranks
muster(plural) enlistment of soldiers, mobilizing of troops
number(plural) verses, lines
number(plural) metre, versification
odd(in plural) superiority, advantage, edge
office(plural) servants' quarters, service rooms
office(plural) kitchen, buttery, serving-room
officer(plural) household, servants
ornament(plural) robes, garments, attire
outside(plural) mere external thing, outward form
overboots(plural) boot-deep, following a reckless course
overshoes(plural) shoe-deep, following a reckless course
particular(plural) details, full account
point(usually plural) tagged lace [especially for attaching hose to the doublet]
possibility(plural) financial prospects
pound(plural) sum of money
power(plural) physical faculties, bodily strength
power(usually plural) god, deity, divinity
premise(plural) evidence, circumstances admitted in court
proceeding(plural) line of descent, pedigree
proceeding(plural) conduct, behaviour, actions
property(plural) stage requisites, accessories, props
proportion(plural) military material, forces and supplies needed for war
rank(plural) troops, forces, army
reel(plural) revels, revelry, merry-making
rein(plural) loins, kidneys
ruin(plural) remains, remnants, residue
second(plural) reinforcements, reserves, back-up
several(plural) individuals, persons
several(plural) details, particulars, individual points
shade(plural) the underworld, Hades
skirt(plural) outlying parts, borders, outskirts
sphere(plural) orbits [of the eye], sockets
spirit(plural) vital power, energy, vigour
spirit(plural) sentiments, faculties, traits of character
staff(plural ‘staves’) spear, lance
strewing(plural) things to be scattered
suburbs(plural) parts of a city lying outside the walls [reputed for lawlessness]
sullen(plural) sullenness, gloomy mood, sulks
table(plural) backgammon
tent(plural) encampment
throe(plural) labour pains, pangs of childbirth
tongue(plural) foreign language
viand(usually plural) food, victuals, foodstuff
victual(usually plural) provisions, supplies, food and drink
weed(plural) garments, dress, clothes
window(plural) eyelids
wish(plural) good wishes
word(plural) speech, talk, utterance
word(plural) angry exchanges, altercations, recriminations
word(plural) empty rhetoric, vain talk
work(plural) fortifications, defences, ramparts
yeyou [singular or plural]
yellow(plural) jaundice [as found in horses]

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Themes and Topics

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Plurals... several nouns appear as plural in shakespearean english which are sing...
... as illustrated in the selection below plurality may be shown both by the form of the...
...se of beefs and muttons and the various plurals used by speakers with a welsh backgrou...
...ples of the reverse process (singular > plural) can also be found as in ‘their busine...
...whould use others shakespearean plural > modern singular item loc...
... shakespearean both singular and plural > modern either singular or ...
... > modern either singular or plural item location example ...
...ld cause him once more yield the ghost [plural] this news [singular] news ...
...our nuptial [singular] our nuptials [plural] nuptials per v iii 80 w...
...i 80 we’ll celebrate their nuptials [plural] our nuptials [...
...] our nuptials [plural] odds r2 iii iv 89 with ...
... richard down [singular] those odds [plural] odds mm iii i 41 death ...
...fear / that makes these odds all even [plural] those odds [...
...] those odds [plural] riches sonn 87 6 for th...
... deserving [singular] those riches [plural] riches tim iv ii 32 ric...
... riches point to misery and contempt [plural] those riches [...
...] those riches [plural] tidings r2 iii iv 80 ho...
...ll tidings [singular] these tidings [plural] tidings kj iv ii 132 th...
...made me giddy / with these ill tidings [plural] these tidings [...
...] these tidings [plural] victuals ma i i 46 you ...
...d musty victual [singular] victuals [plural] victuals cym iii vii 13 ...
...cym iii vii 13 it eats our victuals [plural] victuals [...
...] victuals [plural] shakespearean double ...
...] shakespearean double plurals > modern ...
...s > modern plural item location example ...
...ke apes [f] teeth for archaic plurals archaisms ...
Roman history...r ii i 90 member of the common people [plural plebeians plebeii] praetor jc i...
Thou and you... english thou was singular and you was plural but during the 13th century you start...
...wed as suggestive only the old singular/plural contrast may also still be seen as in ...
Verb forms...hou beest mine be are 3rd person plural present tense kl i v 31 be my horses ...
...orses ready been are 3rd person plural present tense [archaic] per chorus ii...
French...7   which les (det plural) h5 iii iv 8   the ...
...8   your tous (adj plural) h5 iii iv 22 tout all ...
Latin...oquo cooked coelestibus (n plural) 2h6 ii i 24 coelestis heavenl...
...see stage directions manes (n plural) tit i i 101   shades de...
...er of the fathers pauca (n plural) mw i i 114   few [words]...
...on ) e3 iii iv 126   you [plural] as well as the errors listed ab...
Welsh...ouns and the occasional adverb are made plural - conjectures disparagements atonemen...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
PLURALBASICplural adj, plural n, plurisy n

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