Troilus and Criseyde

Troilus and Criseyde Glossary

Allay

To dispel or alleviate, often used in conjunction with soothing one's fears

Barren

Empty and desolate; infertile and incapable of renewal

Beseech

To request in a servile manner akin to begging

Bounteous

Abundant and profuse

Celestial

Dealing with heavenly bodies and the mythical inhabitants believed to live there

Deportment

The carriage of the character one presents to the world, especially within social settings requiring decorum

Discernment

The quality of a penetrating discrimination in perception

Dissuade

To talk a person out of doing something they are intent to do

Dolorous

Expressing great sorrow or distress

Infallible

Faultless and incapable of being wrong or mistaken

Lament

To express grief and sorrow for the passing of someone

Languish

The suffering of being forced to remain in an unpleasant situation

Lodestar

A star used to chart the navigation of a ship

Nymph

Mythological spirit of nature imagined as a beautiful and chaste woman

Prudent

With great judgment and a sense of caution

Ravishment

Molestation

Reprove

To reprimand, censure, or place a penalty

Retinue

An entourage or group of attendants

Seer

One capable of divining the future through prophesy

Servitude

Slavery, bondage, or a similar if less oppressive form of subordinate position

Smote

Stricken with a firm blow

Woebegone

Wretchedly sorrowful and miserably distressed

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