Desperation, 1) despair: Cor. IV, 6, 126. Hml. III, 2, 228.
2) utter recklessness, a state of mind bordering on madness: “played some tricks of d.” Tp. I, 2, 210. “the very place puts toys of d. into every brain,” Hml. I, 4, 75.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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