On the Death of the Late Earl of Rochester Glossary

by Aphra Behn

On the Death of the Late Earl of Rochester Glossary

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deplore

to mourn, to regret, to feel sorry about

Strephon

a lover, originally a character from Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia

Stygian

black, dark, deathly (the word comes from the River Styx, the river in Greek mythology that the dead have to cross to enter the underworld)

lent

borrowed

bestowed

gave, gifted

scorning

to condemn, to despise

peevish

grumpy, irritable, easily annoyed

vicissitudes

inconsistencies, changes, moods

mien

expression on his face

votary

follower, admirer

Lucretius

Roman philosopher and poet

Ovid

Roman poet

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