flat adj. (not very freq.; chiefly in fig. uses)
1.
absolute, downright
Meas. II. ii. 131
“
blasphemy,”
Ado II. i. 231
“the transgression of
a schoolboy,”
IV. ii. 45, John III. i. 298; “that's ” (not pre-S.
=that's the absolute, undeniable truth LLL. III. i. 107, 1H4 I. iii. 218, IV. ii. 43.
2.
stupid, dull
H5 I. Chor. 9
“ unraised
spirits,”
Troil. IV. i. 62
“a flat tamed
piece.”
