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Search phrase: self-willed

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Henry IV Part 11H4 III.i.192She is desperate here, a peevish self-willedShee is desperate heere: / A peeuish selfe-will'd
Romeo and JulietRJ IV.ii.14A peevish self-willed harlotry it is.A peeuish selfe-wild harlotry it is.
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.188Ajax is grown self-willed, and bears his headAiax is growne selfe-will'd, and beares his head

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SonnetsSonn.6.13 Be not self-willed, for thou art much too fair Be not selfe-wild for thou art much too faire,

Glossary

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affectionedaffected, pretentious, self-willed
peevishobstinate, perverse, self-willed [contrast modern sense of ‘irritable, morose’]
waywarderobstinate, wilful, self-willed [person]
willed[debated reading] self-willed, deliberate, premeditated

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self-willedwilled
self-willedaffectioned
self-willedwaywarder
self-willedpeevish

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