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Search phrase: testy

Plays

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CoriolanusCor II.i.41proud, violent, testy magistrates – alias fools – proud, violent, testie Magistrates (alias Fooles)
Julius CaesarJC IV.iii.46Under your testy humour? By the gods,Vnder your Testie Humour? By the Gods,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.ii.358And lead these testy rivals so astrayAnd lead these testie Riuals so astray,
PericlesPer I.i.18Sorrow were ever razed, and testy wrathSorrow were euer racte, and teastie wrath
Richard IIIR3 III.iv.37And finds the testy gentleman so hotAnd findes the testie Gentleman so hot,
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG I.ii.58That, like a testy babe, will scratch the nurse,That (like a testie Babe) will scratch the Nurse,

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1094 True grief is fond and testy as a child, True griefe is fond and testie as a childe,
SonnetsSonn.140.7 As testy sick men, when their deaths be near, As testie sick-men when their deaths be neere,
Venus and AdonisVen.319 His testy master goeth about to take him; His testie maister goeth about to take him,

Glossary

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testyirritable, peevish, short-tempered

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Themes and Topics

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Humours... must i stand and crouch / under your testy humour (jc iv iii 43) melancho...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
TESTINESSBASICsee TESTY
TESTYBASICtestiness n, testy adj

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