Summary, Analysis, and Original Text by Scene

Act III: Scene 1

abroad out and about.

by the operation of the second cup by the time the second cup of liquor has taken effect upon him.

addle muddled and, perhaps, rotten.

doublet a man's close-fitting jacket with or without sleeves, worn chiefly from the 14th to the 16th centuries.

tutor me from quarrelling teach me how to avoid getting into a quarrel.

simple feeble or foolish.

fiddlestick the bow for a fiddle. Mercutio puns on the word as he draws his rapier.

zounds an oath. The abbreviated form of the oath "By God's wounds."

bandying to give and take; to exchange (words) in an angry or argumentative manner.

sped done for.

ally relative, kinsman.

cousin loosely, any relative by blood or marriage.

aspir'd to rise high; to tower.

conduct guide.

amerce to punish by imposing a fine.


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