Foulness, 1) ugliness: “praised be the gods for thy f.” As III, 3, 40. “he's fallen in love with your f.” III, 5, 66.
2) wickedness, badness: “speaking of her f., washed it with tears,” Ado IV, 1, 155. “as i' the contrary the f. is the punishment,” H8 III, 2, 183. “no vicious blot, murder, or f.” Lr. I, 1, 230.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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