Shakespeare Words

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Generous

Invented in Love's Labour's Lost

“
The posterior of the day, most generous sir, is
”

Shakespeare loved him the word generous. But when he wrote it, he meant something more like high-minded or noble—not someone who would give you their last chocolate-covered caramel.


Tag: Love's Labour's Lost

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