10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUPERDAINTY»
Discover the use of
superdainty in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
superdainty and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Works of Shakespeare: Othello
363. supersubtle] Shakespeare has several similar compounds, as "super-
serviceable" and " superfinical " in Lear, and " superdainty " in Taming of the
Shrew. So Gabriel Harvey has "supermetaphysical," "superexcel- lent," and "
superhappy " ...
William Shakespeare, William James Craig, Robert Hope Case, 1903
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Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Language Companion
... of the hounds] supthemwell superdainty (adj.) supremelyexcellent TS II.i.188 [
Petruchio to Katherina, of descriptionsof her] my superdainty Kate [pun: 189]
dainty (adj.) superficial (adj.) of surface qualities, of outward gifts1H6 V.v.10[
Suffolkto ...
David Crystal, Ben Crystal, 2004
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The Works of Shakespeare ....: Othello, ed. by H.C. Hart
363. supersubtle] Shakespeare has several similar compounds, as “
superserviceable" and “superfinical" in Lear, and “superdainty” in Taming of the
Shrew. So Gabriel Harvey has ' ' supermetaphysical,” ' ' su perexcellent,” and “
superhappy” ...
William Shakespeare, William James Craig, Robert Hope Case, 1905
4
The comedies of William Shakespeare
You lie, in faith, for you are called plain Kate, And bonny Kate, and sometimes
Kate the curst ; But Kate, the prettiest Kate in Christendom, Kate of Kate-Hall, my
superdainty Kate, For dainties are all cates : and therefore, Kate, Take this of me,
...
William Shakespeare, Edwin Austin Abbey, 1899
Now that fashionable novels are slightly out of fashion, here is the refuge for all
those fine conversations about Lord Albert and Lady Matilda—all those
discussions between the earl and the duchess— all those superdainty
embarrassments ...
6
Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine
The account of the deeds of Gilbert Charrington stirs the blood, and Hilary, the
wayward maid, is as alluring as the will-o'-the-wisp. The book is not for the very
young. It is not for the hypercritical. It will not suit the superdainty, but it is full of
good ...
7
The New Shakspere Society's Transactions
... Superdainty. 341 Skipper. 350 Ewer. iii. 1, 18 Breeching. 19 (cf. iii. 2, 1) '
pointed. 50 Pedascule. 52 iEacides. 68 Pithy. 73, &c. Gamut. Quotation. 29 Hie
ibat, &c. iii. 2, 1 'pointed. 15 'point. 45, &c. Candle-cases. Chapeless. 90
AUTHORSHIP ...
New Shakspere Society (Great Britain), 1874
8
Midsummer-night's dream. Twelfth night. Taming of the shrew. ...
You lie, in faith, for you are called plain Kate, And bonny Kate, and sometimes
Kate the curst ; But Kate, the prettiest Kate in Christendom, Kate of Kate-Hall, my
superdainty Kate, For dainties are all cates : and therefore, Kate, Take this of me,
...
William Shakespeare, Edwin Austin Abbey, 1895
... Tuh : " O superdainty canon, vicar incony." Again, in The Two Angrjy V/amm
afzshi'tgton, 1599: " O, I have sport intent] i'faith." Now will I look to his
remuneration. Remuneration! O, that's. 234 LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST.
William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, Georges Steevens, 1793
10
Shakespeare's Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice
... speaks of it as " most bitter, white like a baule, full of seedes, leaves like to
cucumbers," etc. 351. Erring, Erratic, wandering ; as in Ham. i. 1. 154: "The extrav
agant and erring spirit," etc. Supersubtle. Used by S. nowhere else. Cf.
superdainty ...
William Shakespeare, William James Rolfe, 1898
