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Rampallian

April 18, 2009 by geoff · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Acting, Literature 

rampallian (n) ruffian, villain, scoundrel. From Shakespeare’s Words – A Glossary & Language Companion

I have been reading Shakespeare’s works lately, and enjoy it very much. I have the bad habit, however, of skipping past words I’m not clear on for fear of getting bogged down and thus risking losing the thread of the story.

Since starting this website, I have endeavoured to improve my vocabulary, so I purchased the above volume. I wont be able to eat for the next week, but c’est la vie.

Shakespeare began, for me, in 1990. I was living in a dingy little bedsit in Brown Street, Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales.

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