Malecontent, subst. one who feels unhappy, because he has not what he wishes: “then, like a melancholy m., he vails his tail,” Ven. 313. “to wreathe your arms like a m.” Gent. II, 1, 20. “thou art the Mars of --s,” Wiv. I, 3, 113. “Cupid, liege of all loiterers and --s,” LLL III, 185.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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