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Search phrase: female

Plays

 18 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
As You Like ItAYL IV.iii.87Of female favour, and bestows himselfOf femall fauour, and bestowes himselfe
As You Like ItAYL V.i.48of this female – which in the common is ‘ woman’ – of this female: which in the common, is woman:
As You Like ItAYL V.i.49which, together, is ‘ abandon the society of this female,’which together, is, abandon the society of this Female,
CymbelineCym IV.ii.217With female fairies will his tomb be haunted,With female Fayries will his Tombe be haunted,
HamletHam V.i.282Anon, as patient as the female doveAnon as patient as the female Doue,
Henry IV Part 22H4 III.ii.129father's shadow. So the son of the female is the shadowFathers shadow: so the sonne of the Female, is the shadow
Henry VH5 I.ii.42The founder of this law and female bar.The founder of this Law, and Female Barre.
Henry VH5 I.ii.50Established then this law: to wit, no femaleEstablisht then this Law; to wit, No Female
Henry VH5 I.ii.89To hold in right and title of the female;To hold in Right and Title of the Female:
Henry VH5 I.ii.92To bar your highness claiming from the female,To barre your Highnesse clayming from the Female,
Love's Labour's LostLLL I.i.254With a child of our grandmother Eve, a female, or, forWith a childe of our Grandmother Eue, a female; or for
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND IV.i.42Gently entwist; the female ivy soGently entwist; the female Iuy so
PericlesPer Chorus.I.22Who died and left a female heir,Who dyed, and left a female heyre,
Richard IIR2 III.ii.114Strive to speak big and clap their female jointsStriue to speake bigge, and clap their female ioints
Richard IIR2 V.v.6My brain I'll prove the female to my soul,My Braine, Ile proue the Female to my Soule,
Romeo and JulietRJ I.ii.29Among fresh female buds shall you this nightAmong fresh Fennell buds shall you this night
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.i.140As wind-fanned snow, who to thy female knightsAs windefand Snow, who to thy femall knights
The Winter's TaleWT II.iii.174This female bastard hence, and that thou bear itThis female Bastard hence, and that thou beare it

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Passionate PilgrimPP.2.5 To win me soon to hell, my female evil To winne me soone to hell, my Female euill
SonnetsSonn.144.5 To win me soon to hell, my female evil To win me soone to hell my femail euill,

Glossary

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Amazonianresembling a female warrior [of the mythical Amazonian race]; warlike
boyrepresent by a boy, reduce to a boy-actor level [boys played the female parts in Shakespeare's time]
breederchild-bearer, female
femalewomanish, weak, delicate
fillyfemale
flax-wenchfemale flax worker
heir generalheir from either male or female lines
hindfemale deer
inheritrixfemale inheritor, heiress
JunoRoman supreme goddess, wife of Jupiter, associated with the Moon, childbirth, marriage, and female identity
kindle[of a female animal] be born, deliver
knightdevotee, servant, follower [male or female]
medlarvariety of tree [whose fruit were thought to resemble female genitalia]
offendressfemale offender
soldieressfemale soldier
Sphinxfemale monster who killed people unable to answer its riddle
womanhoodgentle womanliness, female modesty
woman-postfemale carrier of dispatches

Thesaurus

 22 result(s).
carrier of dispatches, femalewoman-post
deer, femalehind
dispatches, female carrier ofwoman-post
femalebreeder
femalefilly
female carrier of dispatcheswoman-post
female deerhind
female flax workerflax-wench
female identityJuno
female inheritorinheritrix
female modestywomanhood
female monsterSphinx
female offenderoffendress
female soldiersoldieress
female warriorAmazonian
flax worker, femaleflax-wench
heir from either male or female linesheir general
inheritor, femaleinheritrix
modesty, femalewomanhood
monster, femaleSphinx
offender, femaleoffendress
soldier, femalesoldieress

Themes and Topics

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Clothing... term example male (m) or female (f) gloss bonnet...
... term example male (m) or female (f) gloss codpie...
... term example male (m) or female (f) gloss double...
Plants... also thought to resemble buttocks or female genitalia plantain tnk i ii ...
Classical mythology
Gods and goddesses...with the moon childbirth marriage and female identity jupiter cym v v 428...

Words Families

 5 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
EFFEMINATEBASICsee FEMALE
FEMALEBASICfemale adj, female n, feminine adj
FEMALESTATEeffeminate adj

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