beautified
“Ophelia—The most,”
HAMLET, ii. 2. 109
;
“‘beautified’ is a vile phrase,”
HAMLET, ii. 2. 110.
By beautified (which, however “vile a phrase,” is common enough in our early
writers) I believe that Hamlet means “beautiful,” and not “accomplished,” as it is
explained by Caldecott.
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A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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