Abraham, 1) the patriarch: R2 IV, 104. R3 IV, 3, 38. 2) Christian name of Mr. Slender: Wiv. I, 1, 57. Wiv. I, 1, 57 3) “young A. Cupid,” Rom. II, 1, 13, in derision of the eternal boyhood of Cupid, though, in fact, he was at least as old as father Abraham; cf. LLL III, 182 and V, 2, 10. M. Edd., quite preposterously: young Adam Cupid.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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