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Search phrase: degenerate

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Henry IV Part 11H4 III.ii.128To show how much thou art degenerate.To shew how much thou art degenerate.
Henry VI Part 22H6 IV.iv.2And makes it fearful and degenerate;And makes it fearefull and degenerate,
Henry VI Part 33H6 I.i.183Farewell, faint-hearted and degenerate King,Farwell faint-hearted and degenerate King,
King JohnKJ V.ii.151And you degenerate, you ingrate revolts,And you degenerate, you ingrate Reuolts,
King LearKL I.iv.250Degenerate bastard, I'll not trouble thee.Degenerate Bastard, Ile not trouble thee;
King LearKL IV.ii.43Most barbarous, most degenerate, have you madded.
Richard IIR2 I.i.144A recreant and most degenerate traitor,A recreant, and most degenerate Traitor,
Richard IIR2 II.i.262His noble kinsman! – most degenerate King!His noble Kinsman, most degenerate King:
Titus AndronicusTit II.i.66Or Bassianus so degenerate,Or Bassianus so degenerate,
Troilus and CressidaTC II.ii.155That so degenerate a strain as thisThat so degenerate a straine as this,
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG V.iv.137The more degenerate and base art thouThe more degenerate and base art thou

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1003 To shame his hope with deeds degenerate: To shame his hope with deedes degenerate,

Glossary

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bottle-aledissolute, degenerate, low
breedexhaust through breeding, become degenerate
derogatedegenerate, debased, degraded
olddegenerate, lapsed, unregenerate
pajock[unclear meaning] savage, degenerate; or: peacock
recoilfall away, degenerate, give way
regeneraterenegade, degenerate, unnatural
whipsterwretch, degenerate, good-for-nothing
Whore of Babylonin the Bible, a prostitute figure, taken as a symbol of degenerate Rome, and thus of Roman Catholicism

Thesaurus

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degeneratebottle-ale
degeneratewhipster
degeneratederogate
degenerateold
degenerateregenerate
degeneraterecoil
degeneratepajock
degenerate, becomebreed

Themes and Topics

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Religious personalities and beings... prostitute figure taken as a symbol of degenerate rome and thus of roman catholicism ...

Words Families

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DEGENERATEBASICdegenerate adj

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