Common Elizabethan Words
These are words that are commonly used in Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.
- 1. ADIEU~ farewell
- 2. AN, AND~ if
- 3. ANON~ soon
- 4.ATTEND~ listen to
- 5.AYE~yes
- 6.BUT SOFT~ wait a minute, hold on
- 7.BUT~only, except for
- 8.COUNSEL~advice
- 9.DECREE~order
- 10. DISCOURSES~ speaks
- 11.DISPATCH~kill
- 12.DOTH~does
- 13.E’EN~ even
- 14.E’ER~ever
- 15.FOE~enemy
- 16.HAPLY~ perhaps
- 17.HAPPY~fortunate
- 18.HEAVY~sad, depressed
- 19.HENCE~away from here
- 20.HIE, GO~ hurry
- 21.HITHER~here
- 22.MARK~ pay attention
- 23.MARRY~indeed
- 24.METHINKS~I think
- 25.NAY~no
- 26.NOUGHT~nothing
- 27.PLAGUE~curse
- 28.PRAY~beg
- 29.PRIVY~allowed to know a secret
- 30.RESOLVE~plan
- 31.SIRRAH~used to address a person of an inferior rank like a boy
- 32.THEE, THOUGH~ you
- 33.THITHER~there
- 34.THOU ART~ you are
- 35.THY~ your
- 36.TIDINGS~ news
- 37.WHENCE~ where
- 38.WHEREFORE~ why
- 39.WILL~ desire
- 40.WILT~ will, will you
- 41.WITHAL~ in addition
- 42.WOE~ misery
- 43.WOO~ chase, as in a boy or girl chase
- 44.WOULD~wish
