Shakespeare Words
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Obscene
Invented in Love's Labour's Lost“ | Then | |
| for the place where; where, I mean, I did encounter | ||
| that obscene and preposterous event, that draweth | ||
| from my snow-white pen the ebon-coloured ink, which | ” |
Obscene originally meant offensive to one of the senses (i.e., sight, smell, taste, hearing, touch), so it's easy to see how it morphed to mean anything that's offensive—even to your morals. |
Tag: Love's Labour's Lost