Flattery, 1) adulation: Ven. 425. Sonn. 114, 2. Gentl. IV, 2, 97. Err. III, 2, 28. As II, 1, 10. H4A IV, 1, 2. H5 III, 7, 125 (there is f. in friendship, a proverb). IV, 1, 268. V, 2, 315. H6A II, 4, 35. H6B III, 1, 28. H8 V, 3, 124. V, 5, 17. Cor. III, 2, 137. V, 6, 23. Tim. I, 2, 257. Caes. III, 1, 52. Cymb. V, 5, 64. Per. I, 2, 39. IV, 4, 45. Plur.: Tim. I, 2, 142. III, 6, 101. Lr. I, 3, 20.
2) gratifying deception, delusion: “my friend and I are one; sweet f.! then she loves but me alone,” Sonn. 42, 14. “some f. for this evil,” LLL IV, 3, 286. “he does me double wrong that wounds me with the --ies of his tongue,” R2 III, 2, 216. “would I had never trod this English earth, nor felt the --ies that grow upon it,” H8 III, 1, 144. “now farewell, f., die, Andronicus; thou dost not slumber,” Tit. III, 1, 254. “the infinite --ies that follow youth and opulency,” Tim. V, 1, 37. “she is persuaded I will marry her, out of her own love and f., not out of my promise,” Oth. IV, 1, 133.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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